Crews are working to restore electricity to homes and businesses in New Jersey after a cold front battered the state with powerful wind gusts overnight.
Hoping to minimize the impact of severe weather on public utilities and shorten power outages for residents, a state legislator will introduce a bill today to create a commission tasked with finding better ways deliver energy to consumers.
Everyone involved in getting the lights back on after a storm such as Sandy will tell you a huge part of the work involves finding and assessing all of the downed power lines and damage to transformers. But we now have the technology to speed that process along.
With electricity finally restored to most New Jersey homes and businesses after super-storm Sandy-related blackouts that stretched up to two weeks, a trio of lawmakers is launching a campaign to minimize future outages.
There are systemic problems with the utilities operating in the Garden State that desperately need to be addressed says Tim McDonough, mayor of Hope in northwestern New Jersey.
New Jersey will soon shift from 'recovery mode' to 'rebuild mode,' according to Governor Chris Christie, following the one-two punch delivered by Sandy and this week's storm.
Gov. Chris Christie says Wednesday's nor'easter caused only a slight setback to Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts and he expects all New Jerseyans to have power back by early Sunday at the latest.