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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Did JCP&L Spend More Time Saving Face Than Serving Customers?

Recently-released state Board of Public Utilities report charges FirstEnergy affiliate with being more concerned with image during Irene.

JCP&L, since Hurricane Irene in August 2011, has said it has committed a lot of money and resources toward improving not only how the utility communicates with its customers, but also how it runs its business. The state Board of Public Utilities, however, handed down a verdict in a recent report that states the FirstEnergy affiliate first spent more energy trying to save face, according to a NJBIZ.com article. The article notes the BPU report cites JCP&L's initial two Irene press releases from Aug. 28 and Aug. 25, 2011, the latter three days before the storm actually hit New Jersey. JCP&L "gave no indication that restoration could take several days or longer. Advice to customers appeared to have secondary importance," according to the BPU …

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Column: BPU Says JCP&L Fell Short During Irene

State utilities board plans to hire a consultant to recommend improvements

Last week, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ first report on the biggest power outage of the year confirmed what many in the Morris County area already knew: Compared to the state’s other utilities, JCP&L did a lousy job. Issued last Wednesday, the preliminary report gives initial recommendations for changes in procedures based on power companies’ responses to Tropical Storm Irene—the National Weather Service now says it was not a hurricane when it hit New Jersey. It also began to place blame for power outages that lasted for more than a week not once, but twice, in roughly two months, the second being the late October snowstorm. “While all of the utilities experienced challenges during these severe weather events, it was apparent …

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8:06 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011

continued--- More to the point the state and towns should pass laws and ordinances stating that any power line that is not energized for 24 hours is considered abandoned. The towns should then seize those lines and either create their own power utilities or turn them over to another utility that can bid and will guarantee reliability. (or at least standards for maintenance and guaranteed staffing…   more ›

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