A wayward raccoon is being blamed for a power outage in Jersey City that plunged 11,700 customers into darkness on Friday night and halted PATH service.
Power has been restored to the last 1,800 PSE&G customers in Middlesex County who were without it for a second day after a substation fire on Saturday.
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.
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.