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EASTCHESTER, N.Y. – More than 3,300 Con Edison customers are without power in Eastchester Thursday morning as of 5 a.m., down from 3,941 Wednesday morning, according to outage maps.
Officials with Con Edison could not determine Thursday morning when customer could expect power restoration, but said it could be at least a week.
“Restoring service to customers affected by a storm as destructive as Sandy is arduous and, if not done properly, dangerous,” said Con Ed officials in a press release. “The storm knocked down more than 100,000 primary electrical wires in overhead areas. There are also thousands of secondary wires down.”
More than 165,000 customers out of 348,198 total customers served by Con Ed in Westchester are out of power as of 5 a.m. Thursday, down from more than 180,000 customers Wednesday morning.
The previous record number of storm outages in Con Edison territory occurred in 2011, when Hurricane Irene caused about 203,000 customers to lose service, according to the release.
Authorities are asking customers to report outages and downed wires to Con Edison and not through local emergency service lines. Customers can call 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633). When reporting an outage, customers are asked to have their Con Edison account numbers available and report whether their neighbors also have lost power. Customers who report outages will be called by Con Edison with their estimated restoration times as they become available, according to a press release.
Comments (3)
According to Supervisor Colavita, Con Ed has one (1) crew working in
Eastchester. Wow!
Con Ed said they "hope" to have service restored by the weekend of Nov. 10th. Great News ! It clearly is obvious that their entire energy and effort is directed towards New York City and the NYC Marathon on Sunday. I wonder what a class action lawsuit filed here in Westchester would reveal regarding our second class status?
I am certainly not pleased however their billing department is hard at work. I received my bill today - and still no power. They should put that much effort into repairs.
Is anyone "pleased" with the Con Ed response so far?
For a utility that charges the highest rates in the USA to only repair approximately 15,000 customers out of 180,000 per day is not really
acceptable. At that rate of repair it would take more then 10 additional
days to completely repair it's Eastchester customers.
Has anyone "seen" Con Ed crews working in and around Eastchester?
Guess Con Ed main concern is elsewhere then Eastchester.