Hundreds Without Power in Little Silver
Transformers to blame for outage affecting more than 400
Hundreds of residents are without power in Little Silver in a widespread outage affecting Red Bank and Fair Haven as well.
Red Bank Police Capt. Darren McConnell said several transformers blew when today's storm rolled in but JCP&L is already on scene. Utility trucks were witnessed in the area of Prospect Avenue and Harding Road, in and around the borough's borders with Little Silver and Fair Haven.
The captain and JCP&L had no estimate as to when power may be restored but he did not anticipate the outage lasting well into the evening.
There are a reported 438 customers without power in Little Silver. Almost 700 residents are without power in Red Bank and 382 in Fair Haven, as of 4:30 p.m. JCP&L does not report any outages in Oceanport.
Those without power should not contact the police. Instead, report the outage to JCP&L online by clicking here or call 1-888-544-4877.
Barney
5:27 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
I wonder if Frank Rizzo's trailer has heat. He won't be able to make microwave his classic frozen dinners.
Barnerylicous
Dan
5:33 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Pretty ridiculous that a minor storm in our area can cause this kind of damage and outage. Jcpl should be mandated to improve these systems and start building some redundancies into them. There has to be a way for them to improve performance.
Hilton Parker
4:39 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
What should they do Dan? Maybe they can design the wires and utility poles to automatically pop back up when a tree falls on them!!!
Lisa
11:47 am on Thursday, December 27, 2012
We have been without power twelve hours now-
Dan
6:02 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Hilton, a tree did not fall on wires, a transformer failed. Read the article. Then research the quality of transformers in use today and then come back and post. They don't need trees falling on wires to fail.