Power Update: Thousands Waiting For Electricity Saturday Night

Power restoration continued in the Hudson Valley Saturday in the wake of two massive and destructive nor’easters. Con Edison said that about 4,500 customers in New York City and Westchester County are without power. The great majority are in Westchester, which took a huge hit from both storms. That number is down from about 6,500 Saturday morning.

Con Edison’s website was down Saturday so the outage map was unavailable. O&R uses the same system and was also unavailable.

O&R said in a press release that there are 8,500 customers as of Saturday afternoon without power.

The power company said it’s deploying emergency repair materials and equipment to a temporary staging area on the grounds of the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel in New Jersey.

About 220 additional mutual aid overhead line technician joined O&R’s repair and restoration effort Saturday. Another 250 mutual aid overhead line technicians are expected to join the O&R field workforce by Sunday.

The company is aiming to complete restoration in Sullivan and Bergen counties by midnight Sunday and expects to have the majority of Rockland customers restored by then.

NYSEG customers without electricity as of Saturday evening numbered 75.

There were 16 Central Hudson customers without power in Dutchess (11), Ulster (4) and Putnam (1) as of Saturday night.

Photo credit: Rick Caulfield.