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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Hurricane Sandy May Test Utilities' Preparations

JCP&L instituted new communications, repair plans after last year's major storms—will it be enough?

Two months after New Jersey residents recovered from flooding and damage caused by 2011's Hurricane Irene, the area was hit with a severe winter storm. The storm's snowfall piled more than a foot deep in many areas, and the heavy, wet precipitation snapped tree limbs and utility poles, causing massive power outages that in some cases took a week to repair. And on the anniversary of that storm, New Jersey is facing a potentially more dangerous storm: Hurricane Sandy, which has already claimed lives in the Carribean and is currently forecast to reach the area Monday morning—just in time to collide with a possible winter storm. Keeping a close eye on the storms are meteorologists with JCP&L, which says employees have already been put on alert…

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

JCP&L to Borough: We've Improved Communications

Hurricane Irene and the Halloween snow storm forced changes at the power company, local spokesman said

A representative from Jersey Central Power & Light told the Borough Council Wednesday that the company has made significant improvements in its communication system. John Anderson, the company’s representative for Hopatcong, said the company junked its fax-based system for one that includes emails, access through the company’s website, and a presence on Facebook and Twitter. In addition, the company has hired 150 new line workers, Anderson said. “We used to do a blast fax,” he said. “If there was an outage late on a Friday, we would send out the fax and when you came in on Monday there would be a 36-hour old message in the fax machine.” He said the company had improved its communication software so that emails can be sent to specific …

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12:55 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012

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