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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. November 3, 2012 7:15 P.M.:
Paula Piekos reports seeing large bucket trucks making their appearance in the Highlands this evening. It appears that help has finally arrived for the darkened Highlands neighborhood.
Now — what about Gedney Farms?
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Governor Cuomo’s Office. November 3, 2012 5 PM:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that over 8 million gallons of gasoline and other petroleum products are on hand and over 28 million gallons are being delivered to operating New York terminals. In addition, millions of gallons have arrived in New York Harbor for delivery to terminals. The Governor provided other updates on progress that is underway to address the fuel shortage in the metro area.
Hudson Valley
Newburgh Global Terminal (gasoline and distillates): The terminal is open to barge deliveries, and a barge was there yesterday, unloading 2.7 million gallons and refueling trucks at same time.
The Governor has also implemented a series of actions designed to increase fuel supplies in the hurricane-affected areas.
Yesterday, the Governor signed an Executive Order to allow distributors and transporters to bring gasoline, diesel, and kerosene into the State of New York without having to meet the usual registration requirements. By law, transporters and distributors must be registered with the State Department of Taxation and Finance. The Governor’s Executive Order temporarily suspended those registration requirements.
In addition, the Governor today signed an Executive Order to temporarily ease restrictions on vapor pressure requirements for gasoline and waive the ultra-low sulfur diesel requirement for home-heating oil. At the Governor’s direction, the state has also obtained a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on vapor recovery requirements so gasoline can be transported from petroleum terminals without power to gas stations in hurricane-affected areas.
While there remains a fuel shortage throughout the region as a result of Hurricane Sandy, actions to address the issue are being executed as planned, leading to more terminals being opened to barge deliveries and more petroleum products being transported throughout the metro area.
“The shortage of gasoline in the New York-metro area has caused major inconveniences for our residents, and the state must take every action possible to address this issue,” Governor Cuomo said. “Although there is much work to be done, I have directed the state to temporarily suspend gasoline distribution related requirements so gasoline and other fuels can be transported throughout the region and New Yorkers can return to life as normal as quickly as possible.”
The following is the current operational status of regional fuel terminal and delivery facilities:
Pipelines
Buckeye Pipeline: Power has been restored to the Linden, New Jersey hub, from which the Buckeye Pipeline can deliver up to 8.5 million gallons per day to New York terminals. The pipeline is operational. The Inwood, New York and Long Island City terminals that receive product from this pipeline are operational.
Colonial Pipeline: Working on generator power; Limited deliveries to Linden facility
Long Island
Inwood – Global Terminal (gasoline and distillates): The facility is open and can accept barge and pipeline deliveries. It opened last night with approximately 1.7 million gallons unleaded; 350,000 gallons premium; 700,000 gallons of ULS diesel on site.
Inwood – CARBO (gasoline and distillates): The facility is open and can accept barge deliveries.
Northville Terminal at Port Jefferson (gasoline and distillates): Northville opened yesterday with 2.4 million gallons of diesel on site. A barge arrived at midnight this morning with 1 million gallons of gasoline. A barge from Hess Port Reading is expected to arrive today with 1 million gallons gasoline. Other scheduled deliveries include:
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. November 3, 2012:
County Executive Robert P. Astorino today (Saturday) conferred with top executives of Con Edison and New York State Electric & Gas, stressing again the need to speedily restore all of the county to full power, with priority to schools and polling places.
Astorino also said that Gov. Cuomo’s office has told him that deliveries of gasoline to retail stations are returning to normal. Generators are being delivered to those stations that have supply but no electric power, he said.
“Again, I am asking all our residents to be patient,” Astorino said. “I know this is hard, particularly as the outages continue and the weather gets colder.”
(Editor’s Note: At noon today WPCNR asked the Communications Office how many Consolidated Edison crews and out of state crews were working in the county at midday; I asked if gasoline storage facilities in the county had been compromised or were in working order, and asked if county hospitals were able to handle the health care load or there were any restrictions. The Department of Communications did not respond to these questions,}
Earlier in the day, Astorino again spoke directly with Con Ed President Craig Ivey, who assured him that no Con Ed resources are being diverted to
“Our biggest priorities are our schools. We want all schools open on Monday,” Astorino said. “After that, our priority is our voting places, which in many cases are in schools. Let me assure our residents they will have a place to vote on Tuesday. We are getting generators for some places. And if a poll does not have power by Monday evening, we will have an alternative, nearby place to vote.”
If a poll location is changed, the county will use its paratransit fleet to transport paratransit riders.
There are 380 polling sites in the county, of which 92 were without power as of 2 p.m. Saturday. In Con Ed territory, there are 142 schools total, of which 107 still were without power at this same time. Con Ed anticipates that number will be down to 55 by Saturday evening.
As of 3:30 p.m. on Saturday about 108,469 Con Ed Westchester customers were without power, down from 120,374 Friday afternoon. In addition, there are about 21,200 NYSEG customers without power, down from 25,499 Friday afternoon. That compares with 1.5 million customers in
As to gasoline supplies, Astorino expressed the hope that things will return to normal and urged residents who do not need gasoline not to top off their tanks.
The county’s Emergency Operations Canter continues in operation around the clock to oversee the recovery and coordinate efforts with local governments. After requests for police support came in, the county Department of Public Safety activated its Sheriff’s Emergency Force to supplement local police operations. In addition, all county police offices have been placed on 12-hour shifts to maximize officers for deployment to assist municipalities.
On a daily basis, the
Astorino’s phone conversations Saturday were just the latest with Con Ed and NYSEG about power restoration. He pledged to keep pressing them.
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From the Mayor’s Office, Saturday November 3, 2012 12:45 P.M.:
Mayor Thomas Roach issued a Saturday Hurricane Sandy Update to residents of the city via telephone as of 12:30 P.M.
He said “approximately 1,000 (White Plains) customers were restored last night (Friday),” that “multiple out of state crews have been assigned to White Plains outages today (Saturday). according to Con Edison at this time between 8,000 and 9,000 of our 23,000 customers remain without power in the city” at this hour. He said he has been talking with Con Edison consistently demanding more crews for White Plains.
On the gasoline shortage in the city, he said ” the chain of supply is functioning” “please be patient we are being told that there will be normal availability within 24 to 48 hours, but gas is being delivered. If you are aware of price gouging, because we have had some reports of this, please call County Consumer Protection at 995-2155.”
He praised city work crews saying they have been working non-stop, “sometimes bravely” attempting to clear streets.
He said sheltering remains available at the city Armory on 65 Mitchell Place.
The mayor said:
“I sympathize with those who are without power and I recognize you are cold, in the dark and in a terrible condition. We have been working non-stop to bring additional Con Ed crews into our city, and those efforts are beginning to bear fruit.
As you know, city services have remained intact throughout and our DPW crews have cleared 84 blocked streets, and at least 50 remain blocked because of the limited Con Ed crew provided to us for that purpose.
We are all frustrated with Con Ed. If my voice seems a bit hoarse it’s because I have been speaking to them a great deal at various levels of volume. You should know that your city employees have performed admirably, in many cases bravely, and with great spirit, despite long hours and adverse conditions. With all the problems this storm has brought us, our personnel have exceeded my highest expectations.
And, although they will say they are just doing their job, we should all be proud of them.
Bring your complaints to me and your thanks to them.
Thank you for your patience, we are on the way back.”
WPCNR has hobserved, driving through Highlands Friday evening, traffic lights are still out with stop signs in place. Motorists should be advised.
Also, WPCNR observed that the Gedney neighborhood has heavy limbs dangling from wires, limbs block through streeets impeding access. This is a very dangerous situation that Con Ed should make a priority and motorists should avoid driving into Gedney from Ridgeway south. Considering the way weight of some of the limbs hanging on the wires, pedestrians in the area should take extreme caution.
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Paul Feiner, Greenburgh Town Supervisor. November 3, 2012:
7718 residents of Greenburgh still out of power. There were over 9,000 outages a few days ago. 2 Con Ed crews currently working on restoration. We expect 4 more crews to arrive today. I expect significant progress re: restoration of power to take place this weekend.
About a dozen people have offered to put people up in their homes–home angels. If you are FREEZING and want to stay with someone, please advise as soon as possible. If you have power and are willing to invite a FREEZING Greenburgh resident into your home, please e mail me. I’ll try to make the connections. An article in the www.greenburgh.dailyvoice.com about the house angels program appears below.
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. WPCNR Observations, Reports From Consolidated Edison. November 3, 2012:
Con Edison shows 7,554 White Plains customers primarily in the hard-hit Highlands area are without power this morning of 23,954 customers according to Con Edison figures as of 10:15 A.M.Long gaslines may be expected around the city if you can find one with gasoline to sell. This reporter spent one hour in a line picking up gas late Friday afternoon.
On the television program White Plains Week last night, viewable at www.whiteplainsweek.com Assemblyman Robert Castelli and his opponent in Tuesday’s election, David Buchwald confirmed that Consolidated Edison had only one Con Edison truck assigned White Plains.
The Mayor’s Office finally confirmed the one-truck rumor in its daily Mayor Roach recorded announcement to residents Friday afternoon, even though the question had been asked by WPCNR earlier in the week.
Con Edison crews have restored electricity to more than 645,000 customers, or approximately 70 percent of all those who lost power since Hurricane Sandy slammed through New York.
The hurricane is the worst natural disaster to strike Con Edison’s customers in the company’s history.
Safety remains the No. 1 priority for customers, Con Edison employees, and contractors. Crews are facing thousands of downed wires in New York City and Westchester County. The company is working closely with emergency services personnel to open blocked roads and streets.
Weekend goals for Con Edison and out-of-town crews are to restore electricity to schools for Monday, and polling places for Tuesday. Those restorations are nearing 100 percent for accessible buildings. Some cannot be re-energized since they are in flood zones with damage that bars the safe re-introduction of electricity.
The company expects to make significant progress restoring electricity over the next seven days by planning work and sharing it with hundreds of overhead crews from around the country.
Also restored on Friday night and early today are the majority of Manhattan areas knocked out when the East River swept through Con Edison’s East 13th Street substation.
The utility said although it has restored power to some areas of Manhattan, more than 100 buildings may still be without electricity due to basement flooding or damage to local equipment.
As of 7 a.m. today, Con Edison reported approximately 280,000 customers out of service. That included 5,800 in Manhattan, 81,000 in Queens, 31,000 in Brooklyn, 31,000 in Staten Island and 25,000 in the Bronx.
In Westchester County, the company reported 107,000 customers out of service. Originally, 206,000 were affected by the hurricane.
Customers can report downed power lines, outages, and check service restoration status by computer or mobile device at www.conEd.com. They also can call 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633). When reporting an outage, it is helpful if customers have their Con Edison account number available, if possible, and report whether their neighbors also have lost power. Customers who report outages will be called by Con Edison with their estimated restoration times as they become available.
The company is advising its customers to pay close attention to reports from city and municipal officials. Con Edison will continue to provide updates through the media as the storm moves closer. Important information will be posted on the company’s website, www.conEd.com.
For instructions on how to report an outage, click here: http://bcove.me/6sx1yox5
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. NOVEMBER 2:
As a result of impacts caused by Hurricane Sandy, today Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a temporary, blanket waiver of the Jones Act to immediately allow additional oil tankers coming from the Gulf of Mexico to enter Northeastern ports, to provide additional fuel resources to the region.
“The Administration’s highest priority is ensuring the health and safety of those impacted by Hurricane Sandy and this waiver will remove a potential obstacle to bringing additional fuel to the storm damaged region,” said Secretary Napolitano.
Secretary Napolitano’s action immediately allows additional ships, that would otherwise be barred, to begin shipping petroleum products from the Gulf of Mexico to Northeastern ports, increasing the access to fuel in the storm damaged region. The waiver is operative through November 13th.
The Administration is continuing to monitor the situation and is prepared to take additional actions as necessary to ensure that the energy needs of the region affected by Hurricane Sandy are met.
For more information, visit www.dhs.gov.
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WPCNR BUMPER TO BUMBER. November 2, 2012:
Paul Piekos reports to WPCNR that the gas stations on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains have no gasoline and two stations on Post Road do not have gasoline, and the one that does has a very long line.
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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Consolidated Edison. November 2, 2012 UPDATED 7:30 A.M. E.D.T.:
Con Edison has restored more than 55,000 customers in Westchester by late Thursday evening. Almost 201,000 customers were affected by Hurricane Sandy in the county alone. Con Edison will continue to work around the clock to restore the remaining customers.
WPCNR notes, that more outages in White Plains are coming in to Con Ed. Over 1,000 more power outages in White Plains have been reported as of midnight. As of midnight, 9,156 White Plains customers are without power out of 23,854 Con Ed customers, and by this morning at 7:30 A.M. those customers out were whittle down to 9,039
Con Edison expects to restore the vast majority of customers by next weekend.
Con Edison faces several challenges in its Westchester restoration efforts, including the extensive damage in the area. This includes more than 3000 primary wires that are down and 500 roads that are currently blocked by fallen trees or other debris.
Con Edison is marshalling resources from near and far to conduct the largest customer restoration in its history. Contractors and mutual aid crews have been arriving or are en route from across the country. Crews specializing in tree cutting, repairing overhead lines and underground equipment, as well as damage assessment, are being assigned.
Con Edison continues system-wide restoration efforts for approximately 930,000 customers affected since the inception of the storm in both New York City and Westchester County.
Customers can report downed power lines, outages, and check service restoration status by computer or mobile device at www.conEd.com. They also can call 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633). When reporting an outage, it is helpful if customers have their Con Edison account number available, if possible, and report whether their neighbors also have lost power. Customers who report outages will be called by Con Edison with their estimated restoration times as they become available.
The company is advising its customers to pay close attention to reports from city and municipal officials. Con Edison is providing updates through the media as the storm restoration continues. Important information will be posted on the company’s website, www.conEd.com.
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WPCNR TRANSIT TIMES. From the Governor’s Office. November 1, 2012:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday announced Full Service will be running on the Harlem (White Plains line) of Metro North between Southeast and Grand Central Terminal Friday morning.
Several other major advances in the restoration of the region’s public transportation systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The following restorations will be in effect for tomorrow’s commute:
Long Island Rail Road: