JCP&L Expects Power To Be Restored To All 24,000 Customers Shortly After 8 p.m. Spokesman Says

Power to all 24,000 customers affected by an outage late this afternoon should be restored shortly after 8 p.m. this evening, a Jersey Central Power & Light spokesman said.

More than 24,000 customers lost power in Lacey, Barnegat, Waretown and small areas of Berkeley Township.

The problem was with a downed transmission line in the area of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant, said JCP&L spokesman Scott Takac.

Power will gradually be restored by sections, what the company calls a "staged restoration," he said.

The outage knocked out almost all the traffic lights in Lacey Township, Police Chief Michael C. DiBella said.

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