Power Outages Linger In Sussex County After Storm: JCP&L

SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ — With the severe weather that ripped through New Jersey on Tuesday, there are approximately 7,600 Sussex County JCP&L residents without power on Wednesday morning.

This is about 16 percent of the county's JCP&L customers, with the total statewide for JCP&L's service area at about 25,414 at 11:50 a.m., down from 31,730 at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

"As we have seen before, the landscape that we enjoy most, being surrounded by beautiful trees and the like, proves challenging when our area is hit by storms with very high rainfall and/or strong winds – ultimately bringing trees down over wires, poles and roads," said Sparta Township's Mayor Christine Quinn. "As we speak, our collective resources continue their efforts towards achieving 100 percent power restoration and road passage."

Quinn said Sparta's DPW team worked throughout the night with crews from JCP&L to clear debris, to help restore power.

Some of Sussex County’s largest outages remaining on Wednesday at 11:50 a.m. are:

Andover Township at 384 or over 15 percent of the township
Branchville at 396 or about 86 percent still out
Byram at 1,322 or about 38 percent still out
Frankford at 386 or about 18 still out
Fredon at 339 or 24 percent
Green at 307 or 21 percent
Hampton at 454 or about 18 percent still out
Newton at 564 or about 15 percent still out
Sandyston at 559 or about 49 percent without power
Sparta at 669 or about 7 percent without power
Stanhope at 505 or about 30 percent without power
Stillwater at 1,400 or about 65 percent of the township without power
Walpack at 118 or 92 percent still without power

Residents who have lost power and haven’t called it in yet, should do so at: 888-LIGHTSS (888-544-4877).

Click here to pinpoint exact areas on JCP&L’s outage map and to view the most updated restoration times.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated at 12:05 p.m. with comments from Sparta Mayor Christine Quinn and updates to outage totals.

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