Still No Power In Bergen County? Here's When It Could Be Back

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — As more than 70,000 Bergen County residents remain without power on Thursday, local providers are beginning to release estimates of when it could be restored.

In total, 48,268 PSE&G customers remain without power as of 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, and 24,115 Orange & Rockland customers are affected, the company reports as of 11:45 a.m.

Here's what the two major service providers are saying, as of Thursday.

Orange & Rockland

According to a Thursday news release, O&R expects "a vast majority of customers" who lost power as Tropical Storm Isaias hit the area Tuesday to have it back by Aug. 11 at 11 p.m.

The company said priority customers will be restored first, a list which includes hospitals and municipal organizations.

"Today, O&R proceeded on a number of important fronts to continue assessing damage, addressing public safety issues, clearing critical roads and restoring locations that provide critical services such as hospitals, nursing homes and police and fire stations," said the company.

"The next step is to move on to restore power to the lines and equipment that will bring power back to the most people in the fewest hours possible."

Over 120,000 customers have had their power restored since Tuesday, according to the company, which said the damage from Isaias ranks second only to Superstorm Sandy.

PSE&G

In a Thursday statement, PSE&G reported the company has restored power to 435,000 customers and has about 140,000 customers still without power.

The current expectation, the company said, is to have power restored to at least 85 percent of the remaining customers by Friday evening. However, there may be exceptions.

"Some difficult restorations may continue through the weekend — possibly into Monday," the company said.

According to the company, 3,300 employees have been working across the state to restore power, which includes tree crews and lineworkers from 15 states and Canada.

A PSE&G customer comfort station has been set up at the Bergen County Special Services Building, 275-285 Pascack Road, in Paramus for customers still without power to get ice and water on Thursday.

State distancing and health and safety protocols will be followed, and the company asks that, upon arrival, customers open the trunk of their car so the ice and water can be placed inside by an employee.

Here are other comfort station locations in the state:

• Kennedy Center (Willingboro Recreation and Parks Department), 429 John F. Kennedy Way, Willingboro.
• Lawrence Township Municipal Building, 2207 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville.
• Lumberton Township Municipal Complex, 34 Municipal Drive, Lumberton.
• Steven Adubato Sports Complex, near Branchbrook Park Drive & Bloomfield Avenue, Newark.
• Warinanco Park Ice Skating Rink1 Park Drive, Roselle.

Updated Outage Totals

Here are the updated outage totals for your town, as of numbers from Orange & Rockland released at 12 p.m., and PSE&G numbers, updated at 11:45 a.m.:

• Fair Lawn — 726
• Glen Rock — 1,288
• Hillsdale — 463
• Mahwah — 4,802
• Paramus — 1,564
• Ridgewood — 2,383
• Saddle Brook — 377
• Teaneck — 3,638
• Westwood — 2,429
• Wyckoff — 2,917

More rain and thunderstorms are possible beginning Thursday into Saturday. Here's the forecast:

This Afternoon

A 20 percent chance of showers before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Northeast wind around 5 MPH becoming light and variable.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers after 10 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Light and variable wind.

Friday

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 81. East wind 5 to 7 MPH.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind around 6 MPH. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

Saturday

A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 5 MPH. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

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