Power Back for 1,600 in Middletown

Middletown, NJ - The lights went out for 1,624 people in Middletown Friday morning, but power was restored for many by 8 a.m.

The outage, caused by a transformer failure, affected 1,624 customers and 1,622 were restored, said Ron Morano, a spokesman for Jersey Central Power and Light. The two homes that still remain without power will, unfortunately, remain out until repairs are completed on a transformer.

Crews are working on that now, Morano said. The outage was caused by a transformer fire in the Campbell’s Junction section of Middletown.

The outage was mostly in the northern part of Middletown near Rt. 36. Two other small reported outages, in Tom’s River and Manchester, are being investigated, he said.