150 Montclair Homes, Businesses Still Without Power After Storm

MONTCLAIR, NJ -- As many as 150 Montclair homes and businesses were still without power as of Saturday night after a nor’easter passed through the North Jersey area, municipal officials said.

On Sunday morning, Montclair town officials said that PSE&G advised them that areas with high groupings of power outages include:

• Warren Place
• Buckingham Road
• Macopin Avenue

“Most of the areas are in progress with repairs, or have had the issue identified and repaired,” Montclair officials said. “Repairs are expected to be completed by this afternoon or tomorrow. PSE&G has many crews in operation working to restore service to affected areas.”

Montclair officials added:

“Please be aware that additional black-outs will occur as power is removed from the vicinity of affected areas to allow the line crews to safely replace equipment. This temporary loss of power will be restored as soon as possible and, with it, the affected area should also come back up. We will continue to monitor the situation, and will advise of significant changes.”

For power outage information visit: outagecenter.pseg.com

PSE&G UPDATE: March 4, 2018

On Sunday at 11 a.m., PSE&G issued the following update on statewide repair efforts:

“PSE&G crews will be working through the day to restore power to the remaining 2,300 customers affected by the storm’s damaging winds that brought down numerous trees, poles and power lines. The utility is estimating that virtually all customers affected by the nor’easter will be restored no later than midnight. Since the storm began, PSE&G has restored power to more than 150,000 customers.”

PSE&G added:

“Some customers who had their power restored may lose it for a period of time as workers take lines out of service so they can safely repair damaged equipment. PSE&G encourages customers to report downed wires and power outages by logging in to My Account on www.pseg.com, texting the word “OUT” to 4PSEG, or calling PSE&G’s Customer Service line at 1-800-436-PSEG.”

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