Atlantic City Electric announced some very good news for New Jersey customers who have been without power since Saturday's deadly storms -- the majority of powerless customers will have their power restored by midnight Wednesday.
"The devastation to our system was extensive, but we have made significant progress in our effort to fully restore electricity to every customer affected by this storm,” said Vince Maione, Atlantic City Region President.
As of Wednesday morning, about 38,000 customers were still without power -- a significant improvement over the 206,000 homes and businesses that orginally reported outages.
Power Outages (per Atlantic City Electric)
County Customers Without Power
Atlantic 24,795
Burlington 1004
Camden 345
Cape May 3850
Cumberland 5058
Gloucester 2107
Ocean 43
Salem 1478
Workers have traveled from as far away as Texas to help and crews are working around the clock to restore power.
AC Electric says the remaining 10-percent of customers with outages will have their power restored by midnight Friday.
For emergencies, call the Atlantic County Emergency Hotline at 866-704-4636 or Vineland, N.J. Emergency Operations Center at 856-691-4540.
