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Utility officials say a power outage that affected hundreds of customers in northern New Jersey was caused by a monk parakeet that built its nest on a utility pole.

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Utility crews have restored service to nearly all customers who lost electricity when a line of powerful thunderstorms blew through central and southern New Jersey.

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JCP+L has announced a number locations in Monmouth, Ocean, Mercer & Middlesex counties where free ice & water is being distributed as crews work to restore power from Saturday night's storms.

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We're getting reports of power outages due to the extreme heat in parts of Long Branch and Monmouth Beach. As of 1:45pm Jersey Central Power & Light was reporting around 600 customers without power.

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Power is being restored to areas of Monmouth County where over 5700 customers were without power at one point on a day with temperatures approaching the 90's.

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Power is reportedly out in Bridgewater. A lot of callers to the station are saying they saw a bright light in the sky right before the power outage. Assumptions right now are that a transformer could have exploded in the area

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There's no definitive word yet whether Jersey's utilities will request a rate increase from the State Board of Public Utilities - to cover power restoration costs after hurricane Irene, and the freak October snow storm a couple of weeks ago that left many Garden state residents without electricity for days.

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The Jersey utility companies, even including the currently infamous JCP&L, say that all power is restored.  Hallelujah!  Interesting catch 22:

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Thousands of New Jerseyans are at or near a boiling point as they wait impatiently for their power to be restored after last weekend's freak blizzard. Governor Chris Christie has a message for Garden State residents who have or are thinking of doing something stupid.

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