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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. By John F. Bailey. August 28, 2011:
Bob McGee, spokesperson for Con Edison summarized for WPCNR, the ongoing efforts to restore power to Westchester County residents and of course, White Plains. He told me moments ago that the winds from the backside of the departing Hurricane Irene, have “kicked up” again, currently according to weather authorities, gusting 45 to 50 miles per hour, and this is hampering Con Ed restoration efforts. (Con Edison will not work with wires with high winds in effect.)
McGee said Westchester County is anticipated to be restored fully by Thursday.
McGee reports that the outages are growing faster than the restorations, (perhaps due to flooding and persons returning home, discovering they have no power).
McGee said there have been 72,000 Con Edison customers who have lost power in Westchester County since the Irene event began.
As of 7:45 P.M. E.D.T., 15,567 have been restored. He said currently 56,433 in Westchester County are presently without electrical service.
McGee said the number of outages on the Con Edison Storm Center outage map, fluctuates and does not reflect lack of restorations, the number being the number of outages at a given point in time.
In White Plains for example, McGee said that 3,262 White Plains customers have lost power since Irene hit the area approximately 8 P.M. Saturday evening, and Con Edison has restored 418, leaving as of 7:45 P.M., 2,844 White Plains customers without power.
The Towns with the most outages in the county are:
Yonkers, 6,874; The Mamaronecks, 6,758; Greenburgh, 4,152; New Castle, 4,137; North Castle, 3,564; Mount Kisco, 3,454; Yorktown, 2,650.
The latest Con Edison NEWS RELEASE update notes:
“Con Edison has restored electrical service to approximately 39,000 customers in New York City and Westchester County after Hurricane Irene’s severe winds toppled trees, poles and cables.
Customers without service due to Hurricane Irene peaked around 1 p.m. today with 121,000 customers out in all five boroughs and Westchester County.
Safe restoration is the company’s priority. Con Edison expects to restore most New York City customers by late Tuesday evening and the majority of Westchester customers by late Thursday. For the latest outage numbers, please visit the company’s outage map which is updated every 15 minutes: http://apps.coned.com/weboutageinfo/stormcenter/default.aspx.
Con Edison employees are being helped by mutual aid crews from across the country: 870 line workers, 400 tree trimmers and 200 damage assessors.
Customers can use their mobile devices, as well as computers, to report power interruptions or service problems. They also may call Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED
(1-800-752-6633) or at www.conEd.com.
The company is working closely with the New York City Office of Emergency Management and The Westchester Office of Emergency Services other emergency officials to monitor and respond to the effects of Hurricane Irene.”
The latest WPCNR outage numbers for the County, as of 7:45 P.M. follow:
ARDSLEY–166
BEDFORD–541
BRIARCLIFF–1,117
BRONXVILLE–516
BUCHANAN– 18
CORTLANDT–1,808
CROTON– 220
DOBBS FERRY–246
EASTCHESTER–1,156
ELMSFORD–481
GREENBURGH–4,152
HARRISON–1,720
HASTINGS–318
IRVINGTON–105
LARCHMONT–148
MAMARONECK–6,758
MOUNT KISCO — 3,454
MOUNT PLEASANT–2,583
MOUNT VERNON–1,112
NEW CASTLE– 4,137
NEW ROCHELLE–1,577
NORTH CASTLE–3,564
THE PELHAMS–361
PLEASANTVILLE–521
PORT CHESTER–942
RYE BROOK–808
RYE CITY– 1,413
SCARSDALE–1,512
SLEEPY HOLLOW–579
TARRYTOWN–317
TUCKAHOE–75
WHITE PLAINS–1,979
YONKERS–6,874
YORKTOWN–2,650
