Here's When ACE Will Begin Installing Reclosers In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ - Atlantic City Electric has announced its schedule for the first round of recloser installation in Ocean City. The special equipment is being installed to reduce the number of customers affected by power outages in Ocean City.

Earlier this week, the electric company announced that reclosers would be installed for areas serving every 500 customers or fewer, so when an outage occurs outside of a substation area, fewer homes and businesses will be impacted.

For example, instead of having a couple of thousand customers without power because of a pole accident, 500 or fewer customers will be affected until repairs are made.

Riggs Distler will be installing the reclosers. Installation will require service interruptions as crews replace existing poles, transformers and wire. The schedule for Jan. 14-19 is as follows, weather permitting:

Monday: Between Second Street and Third Street on Wesley Avenue
Tuesday and Wednesday: Atlantic Avenue between Third Street and Fourth Street
Thursday through Saturday morning: Atlantic Avenue between Fourth Street and Fifth Street
Saturday: On Central Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street

Contractors will notify customers before outages occur. For more information, call Atlantic City Electric Customer Service at 1-800-642-3780.

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