Power is being restored across the area, post-Sandy. In some of the hardest-hit areas, progress moved slowly due to trees taking down wires. By Tuesday, more than a million customers who lost power, were back up and running in Pennsylvania alone.
PECO has restored power to about 99 percent of customers as of 9:30 p.m. Monday.
- Bucks - 1,000
- Chester - Scattered
- Delaware - Scattered
- Montgomery - 600
- Philadelphia - Scattered
Delmarva has restored all power as of Friday.
AC Electric has restored power to all customers affected by Sandy whose premises could safely accept electric service. However, there are still around 5,000 customers who, because of extensive damage to their homes, can't accept electric service at this time. AC Electric will restore power to those homes once it is safet to do so.
PPL (Customers that remain out as of 9:30 p.m. Monday)
- Bucks: 484
- Lancaster - restored
- Lehigh - 285
- Montgomery - 75
- Northampton - 54
PSE&G
- By Tuesday, about 226,900 PSE&G customers were still without power. They hope to get the total amount of outages down to around 100,000 by Monday night.
Met Ed As of Tuesday afternoon
- Berks - 51
- Bucks - 1,006
- Lehigh - 5
- Northampton - 2,001
Crews are working as fast as they can, officials say. More than 500 tree contractors will be available to clear damaged tress, limbs and power lines. To report a power outage please call (800) 436-7734.
