Advisory: PSE&G reports 2000-5000 residents still without power.
PSE&G is encouraging everyone who is without power to report their individual outage to 1 800 436 7734. PSE&G is aware that your call to this number may encounter a busy signal or a message to call back later. They are adding staff to the customer service centers to handle the overwhelming volume of calls. Do not be alarmed if the automated message says that there is no report of an outage at your location. They are aware of the general areas of outages, but they are not aware of all of the specific addresses.
PSE&G is currently working on the lines that will restore power to the most amount of people at one time. Once power is restored to the main feeder lines in your area, power should come back to your location unless there is a break in the line between your location and the pole.
As of this morning there were still 375,000 people in Bergen and Hudson counties without power. There were still several municipalities that did not have power to Municipal Buildings, Police departments, Fire Houses, etc.
There are still numerous roadways blocked by fallen trees, PSE&G poles, electric wires and transformers. The DPW cannot remove these trees until PSE&G responds and verifies that the electric line has been disabled. Once PSE&G tells us it is safe, the DPW will remove the trees and open the roadway.
Garbage and recycling is being collected on its normal schedule.
DO NOT PLACE LOOSE BRANCHES IN THE STREET FOR PICKUP. They will not be picked up.
DO NOT LET YOUR LANDSCAPER PLACE LOOSE BRANCHES IN THE STREET FOR PICKUP. They will not be picked up.
Branches must be cut and tied in bundles less than 4ft long and placed at the curb to be picked up by the DPW. It does not matter if the branches are from Borough or private trees. They must be cut and bundled.
Additional updates will follow as we receive new information from PSE&G.