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UPDATE: Remaining Outages Slowly Dwindling
Fewer than 4,200 outages in Morris and about 1,000 in Somerset.
Power outages continued to slowly drop throughout the area on Friday, closing in on full power in many towns as of early evening. The decline added to the considerable drop from Thursday evening to Friday morning, according to the outage map.
As of 5 p.m. on Friday, there were no towns in Morris, Somerset or Sussex counties with more than 450 outages.
Outages in Morris County had fallen to 4,136 as of 5 p.m., after dropping to 6,559 as of 7 a.m., which was more than half that reported early Thursday evening. Morristown's outages dropped to 440 as of 5 p.m. on Friday, according to JCP&L's online outage map. However, outages in Long Valley were crawling slightly up throughout the day.
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Somerset County's JCP&L outages fell to 914 at 5 p.m. on Friday, about 1,000 fewer than Friday morning at 7 a.m. That was down from 3,052 at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. Warren, which has been effected the most all week, had been reduced down to 269 outages as of early Friday evening, that from 1,189 at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Bernardsville had the second most outages in the county with 178 as of Friday at 5 p.m.
In Sussex County, outages fell to 944 as of Friday at 5 p.m., that from 3,562 early Thursday evening. No towns had more than 170 JCP&L customers without power, with Newton being effected the most with 166 without power.
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Morris & Sussex County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Friday, Nov. 4:
7 a.m. Outages,
11:45 a.m. Outages, 5 p.m. Califon 12
21 38 Chatham 473
464 430 Hackettstown* 47 46 25 Hopatcong 208 210 152 Lake Hiawatha 20 65 14 Lake Hopatcong 91
82 49 Long Valley 233 240 304 Montville 55 82 51 Morris Plains 84 88 44 Morristown** 684 549 440 Mount Tabor 2
1 1 Oak Ridge 267 268 162 Parsippany 241 218 130 Pine Brook 80 64 70 Port Murray 74 75 36 Schooleys Mountain 0 0 0 Towaco 29 35 12 Washington 3
4 2
**Portion that lies within Washington Township (Morris County)
**Includes all towns in zip code
Somerset County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Friday, Nov. 4:
7 a.m. Outages,
11:45 a.m. Outages, 5 p.m. Basking Ridge 148 138 124 Bedminster 59 59 51 Bernardsville 256 213 178 Bridgewater 13 19 15 Far Hills 62 52 46 Hillsborough 86 94 56 Liberty Corner 17 16 14 Martinsville 0 0 1 Warren 267 425 269
Morris & Sussex County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Thursday, Nov. 3:
**Portion that lies within Washington Township (Morris County)
**Includes all towns in zip code
Somerset County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Thursday, Nov. 3:
Morris & Sussex County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Wednesday, Nov. 2:
*Portion that lies within Washington Township (Morris County)
***Includes all towns in zip code
Somerset County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Wednesday, Nov. 2:
Morris County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Tuesday, Nov. 1:
- 2,988 2,633 Montville 632 639 816 Morris Plains 1,759 2,361 2,622 Morristown*** 5,862 6,140 5,912 Mount Tabor 447 447 447 Oak Ridge 1,736 1,344 1,366 Parsippany 2,312 3,439 3,260 Pine Brook 1,097 1,085 883 Port Murray - 249 114 Schooleys Mtn. - 62 62 Towaco 812 781 821 Washington - 21 20
*Portion that lies within Washington Township (Morris County)
**Sussex County
***Includes all towns in zip code
Somerset County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Tuesday, Nov. 1:
Morris County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Monday, Oct. 31:
Outages, 11 a.m. Outages, 5 p.m. Morristown*
9,587 10,187 9,135 Chatham 6,555 5,431 6,322 Parsippany 3,979 4,081 2,878 Morris Plains 3,879 3,923 3,174 Lake Hopatcong 2,384 2,384 2,385 Montville 2,286 1,413 1,430 Oak Ridge 2,151 2,146 2,146 Pine Brook 1,012 1,015 1,098 Long Valley 984 1,087 1,644 Towaco 730 800 805 Mount Tabor 440 442 432
*Includes other towns in zip code
Somerset County JCP&L outages in Patch coverage area
Monday, Oct. 31:
Outages, 11 a.m. Outages, 5 p.m. Warren 6,759 6,770 6,849 Basking Ridge 2,895 3,214 2,110 Bernardsville 2,523 2,587 2,372 Bridgewater 1,073 1,097 1,117 Bedminster 845 859 858 Hillsborough 368 369 380 Liberty Corner 120 160 168
PSE&G's online outage map showed less than 500 customers without power in all communities it serves in Somerset County, while there were less than 500 without power in Morris County—all Lincoln Park residents—as of Friday at 5 p.m.
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