Thank you JCP&L for restoring my power after being out since Saturday!

Power still out in Point Boro area too near Rte. 88...

Underground cables should be considered.

We had power until this morning when they intentionally shut off our power. There has been no sight of any utility workers in the neighborhood and rumors that the power will not be restored until Thursday. When you call JCP&L you only get a recording. Whats the story?

I am fortunate, i did not lose power during Irene, i live in baywood in brick however E Pampano, the next street over did not fair as well. the outdated CRAP that JCPL has for transformers are ridiculous. EVERY time it rains hard, about 10 homes on that street lose power. When the idiot JCPL guys show up, they go up the pole and hit a reset switch. five minutes. Instead of doing the obvious repair/replacment, they just choose to put a band aid on it. Now during Irene it goes out again. it is a two minute fix. Sorry but nobody should be told it will take DAYS for a guy to run up the pole in a bucket and hit a reset button. that is just so wrong.

Just talked too the power company and they said we should be restored by Sunday. Went for a ride for the third time today and twice yesterday, I can't even find a repair truck! I was able to find one last night in the WaWa parking lot, but their lights in the store were on. Where are they?

I have no word from my family in Bay Head on Bridge Ave or Brick East of Hooper, S of Mantoloking, N of Drum Point (where they went for evacuation) or another relative in Red Bank near the Navesink R and Hwy 35. I read there are power outages in all those towns. Anyone have any reports???

Looks like we all need to really start researching all the recent literature we have been receiving in the mail from other power companies with lower prices and yet better services they are offering? I had to evacuate from Point Pleasant Beach to my Daughters house in Toms River due to the storm. She had no problems with the storm at all and only lost 2 hours of power from all the strong winds on Sat night. The sad thing is the next day (Sunday), we finally get word we can return to our home, We go home, then find out she has lost her power and still hasn't received it back yet. She has a newborn and a 5 year old. To change a newborn baby by candlelight in the middle of the night is not easy, My grandaughter is not happy having a candle lit instead of her night light too. After the whole storm was over there was no flooding or trees down by her and no powerlines down near her house. It didn't look like there was a storm. They tell her that it could take up to Sept. 3rd? She is giving until tomorrow and then she will come here to Point Beach, but has to lug all the kids and baby stuff with her and has lost alot of the food and milk in their frig too. We were all so happy the storm did not really hit that area too hard at all and then now they suffer a harder situation? JCP&L need to get on the ball or everyone will switch to the new companies for sure.

Switch electric company and install solar panels with Obama money for when the sun is shinning and a generator for the rest of the time.

DO YOU ALL ALSO REALIZE THAT FLORIDA,GEORGIA AND OHIO HAVE SENT THEIR ELECTRIC TEAMS HERE TO HELP OUT JCP@L.EVERYONE WAS TOLD WHEN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO STOCK UP BECAUSE YOU COULD LOSE POWER FOR UP TO 10 DAYS OR SO.I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE DEALING WITH.FIRST THE HYRRICANE AND NOW THE FLOODING ISSUES.I DO HOPE EVERYONE GETS THEIR POWES BACK QUICKLY

For all you folks complaining about JCP&L, there's worse. They restored 25,000 customers out of 39,000 out. That's a better ratio than LIPA here on Long Island, which still has 350,000 out from the original amount 500,000. Entire towns here, including hospitals still dont have power.
My whole town was blacked out for 36 hours! No LIPA trucks in sight, anywhere. Just remember, things could be worse, you could have LIPA!

What is the problem ? We were told it could be out for up to 10 days remember some one is always last.Just hope it's not you .

Keep in mind the jcp&l lineworkers are forced to use quick fixes, as the company pinches pennies so the CEO can collect his 5 million dollar bonus. Dispatch and foremen make all the decisions and constantly overrule what the lineman say needs to be done. They're also working '16 on and 8 off' with travel and sleep time counted in that 8 hour break. And don't blame them if you didn't take the suggested precautions and got caught with your pants down.

Ohio took over JCP&L and turned it into a non caring Million dollar money maker, they care NOTHING about the customers or there workers , ONLY the profit they reap in every day....they feel there the only game in town, there not, but choosing another power Co. to pay the bill to, does do anything if the lines are down .JCP&L has the duty to put them back , no matter who bills you...The other power Co's use the same lines....as JCP&L...have to wait on them, and deal with it or complain to Trenton...

FYI: When you switch electric companies, you are only changing your supplier. JCP&L is still responsible for all repairs and maintaining lines.
Considering the massive amount of outages, it seems they are on top of it. Even the TR Police Dept. was without power for over 24 hours.

Does anyone know if there is power on River Rd in Point Pleasant ?

All I know is I went 2 days without power & water ( I have well water) and I want to thank the people who repaired the problem for me today. I know someone out there is worse off then me...thank you

I live behind the police station in Waretown (Dogtown section) and we haven't had power since Sunday @ 3am. It came back on around 2:30pm that same afternoon, but than it went back out in under an hour and it hasn't come back on since. Approaching 72 hours without power. Thankfully we have a generator that family has let us borrow for the time being. Every once in awhile you can call JCP&L and speak to a representative, but to be honest, they don't have any more information than the recording. It sucks, but there's not much we can do but wait and try to be patient.

there is no flooding or down trees by my moms house where the transformer blew.. it happened saturday early morning before the hurricane even got here... my 85 year old grandmom lives with her and has a pace maker and other health issues... THere is nobody answering phones to even explain the situation... How many people were out of power before the hurricane... so there is about 6-10 houses in a clump with no power since early saturday morning... How fair is it that people that went out after the hurricane got there power back and these 6-10 houses are still out this long... its rediculous and they are not fixing things in the order they happen.. they need crews to fix things in order how they happened.. then crews that work on the extreme cases... i am sooooo upset about this whole experience its not even funny..... if you ask me they are purposely leaving the answering service on so they dont have to deal with irate people complaining about them not doing things in the correct order..... they need an emergency number that people can call to give explaination for needing power.. like elderly living there or babies.... either way she should still not be without power.... something needs to be done already.

Stacey: not that easy , foreman have to evaluate the problem , send in the crew, they fix the problem he evaluated , if there is a problem he missed or didn't see the power goes on and then off ( sometimes on it's own due to live wires grounding out ) and tripping...Sometimes it's as simple as resetting capacitors , but they are reset manually by a human , not automatic by computer or at a remote location...All this takes time ..to do SAFELY....for customers and WORKERS !!!!! And as we know as CHEAPLY as possible by JCP&L MANAGEMENT....and CORP. Headquarters in OHIO.......

Get a generator. A small one that can power your refrigerator and a few lights is cheap and can help with your sanity.

i told them the same thing but they dont have the money to by one and im not in a financial situation to buy one for them... but ty for the advise :-)

I hope that all of the people that went around saying that Hurrican Irene was "nothing" are reading the articles and viewing the pictures. Some people made it through okay and some people will never be the same.

Having lost power myself for over16 hours I truly understand the frustration especially to those who have been without power for days but this was a hurricane with lost of down trees and poles. Having no power stinks but there are people that can't live in their house due to flooding and the water is hip high so in the scheme of things having no power isn't that bad. We take power for granted and I learned to appreciate it a little more.

Praise Him in the good and bad! It can always be worse! Amen? God Bless all those that were affected by the storm and Those that were not affected!

Management is the problem. I have a friend who works for them. Management are a bunch of keystone cops. When my buddy (who is out on disability) called his fellow lineman, more than half of them "were waiting in the garage for emergency calls". My friend tells me this is the norm and that teams can be out doing work, but mgmt keeps them sitting around. Also, their triage methodology is totally flawed. Management does not allow trucks to stop in between calls for example, even if it is just a 10 minute fix that could get hundreds if not thousands back online. For example, there were probably about 1,000 people out in my area. My buddy and I traced the problem to a blown fuse...a 10 minute fix. Lineman realize that they can easily getpeople back up and running quickly. Management discourages this practice but thank goodness for common sense lineman who stop along the way to address quickj and easily fixable problems. The problem is management and the do nothing union leadership.

This was a lesson learned! We were lucky this time around. This was projected to be a lot worse. JCP&L no longer is the company it once was. From a political perspective we need to evaluate their actions this time and maybe replace there hold on control over the good people of the State of New Jersey. Let's bring the control back to New Jersey! Over the past few days, I heard nothing but propaganda. Inflated assessments to justify the incompetence of management, the real villain here. It seems as if they told everybody the excuse they were handling a problem some place else when they were no place. Under staffed with workers to Handel the crisis! The areas that were hardest hit go under water with every storm and should have had dedicated personel to address those areas. Not use them as an excuse for their incompetence.

To all you people complaining about the power outages I feel sorry for u all. Yes it sucks, I am very greatful that i didnt loose power and being surrounded on three sides by the forked river, not a drop of water in my basement. Amazing!!! What we all need to keep in mind tho, are the poor people in other parts of the state that are absolutly devesated from the inland river flooding, have u people seen thios damage? There elderly peole with no families who have been evacuated from nursing homes, every thing they have left is gone. One poor old woman sitting on a park bench crying with NOTHING left and NO WHERE to go. We should all count our blessings, it could have been alot worse.

Sorry to stray off the main topic of the article, but I'm wondering who,if anyone, has any recomendations for stationary natural gas generators. From doing some research Kohler and Generac seem to be the leaders. If anyone has any experience with either or another brand regarding reliability and/or other info please respond.

Same thing with these electric cars , the cost to replace the batteries is more than replaceing a blown gas engine ..Your trading one cost for another ??????? And they new this so they put every effort into lowering the battery cost before introducing them..10 yrs ago they had the engine down pat, the batteries were so expensive and heavy that it was cost prohibitive to even try is sell to the public...Now there lower ( still expensive ) and lighter, using new battery tech.Also are longer lasting 10 yrs or so , but then get ready to go to the bank for a second morgage on your car to buy new batteries....

Unless you have walked and worked in "LINEMENS" shoes, don't comment!!!

hi everyone one thing i see u all is safe thank you god

Thank you JCP&L....956 Fairview Dt Toms
River NJ We have Power. bravo.