Crime & Safety
19,000 Customers Without Power Across Union County
PSE&G and JCP&L report 19,000 customers are without power in Union County including in Berkeley Heights, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Cranford.

UNION COUNTY, NJ — More than 19,000 customers of JCP&L and PSE&G are reporting widespread outages across Union County Friday morning.
The issue is widespread and affecting the rest of the state due to an issue at a JCP&L substation, NJ.com reported.
In Union County PSE&G outages:
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- Clark - 1,718
- Cranford - 4,043
- Elizabeth - 446
- Garwood - 506
- Linden - fewer than five
- Mountainside - 902
- Rahway - fewer than five
- Roselle - 90
- Roselle Park - 4,047
- Scotch Plains - 444
- Union - 5,400
- Westfield - 1,842
JCP&L is reported 62 Berkeley Heights and fewer than five customers are without power in Summit and Springfield.
Nearby counties including Somerset, Morris, Essex, Hunterdon, Ocean, Sussex, Hudson, Bergen and Mercer are also experiencing power outages.
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