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Town by Key Town — The No Power Report as of 2 PM SATURDAY

Posted on March 3, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE POWER REPORT. Created From the Con Edison Storm Center Map by WPCNR. March 3, 2018:

Con Edison has made progress in restoring power around the hard hit central Westchester area. Peekskill is by far the most affected area with over 2,000 customers out of power, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Harrison, Rye, Larchmont and Mamaroneck, Elmsford, Valhalla approach 1,000 or over in customers out of power.

Here are the figures for the most hard hit towns as of 2 PM. Restoration will begin bigtime on Sunday according to a Con Edison briefing to officials that ended a short while ago. You can read Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner’s synopsis of the Con Edison briefing to officials in the story following this listing below.

Note a “customer” represents one meter, so the number of persons affected receiving power off one meter could be substantially more than the “Customer” number.

White Plains: Numbers of outages cut in have by mid-afternoon, as of 2 PM– 26 Outages, 355 customers affected.

Harrison: 68 Outages, 1,874 Customers powerless

Rye: 43 Outages, 1,264 Customers out

Larchmont: 76 Outages, 3,366 Out

Mamaroneck: 29 Outages, 960 Out

Scarsdale: 61 Outages, 706 Customers Out

Elmsford: 35 Outages, 1,024 Customers Without Power

Valhalla: 21 Outages, 920 Powerless

New Rochelle: 45 Outages, 1,796 Without Power

Pelham: 71 Outages, 748 Customers Out

Mount Vernon: 60 Outages, 1,500 Customers Powerless

Bronxville: 59 Outages, 800 Customers No Power

Mt. Pleasant: 25 Outages, 1,417 Powerless

Chappaqua: 28 Outages, 641 Out

Croton-on-Harmon: 43 Outages, 641 Out

Mohegan Lake: 47 Outages, 1,526 Customers Powerless

Peekskill area: 59 Outages, 2,133 Customers without power

“Customer,” as defined by Con Edison is 1 Meter, meaning there may be more than one person represented by one meter.

Paul Feiner, Greenburgh Supervisor Reports on What He Has Learned from his Briefing with Con Edison

Posted on March 3, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE POWER REPORT. From Paul Feiner, Greeburgh Town Supervisor in a Email received moments ago 2 PM E.S.T. March 3, 2018:

CON ED RESTORATION UPDATE

I spent the past few hours interacting with Con Ed officials and meeting with the town’s Con Ed municipal liaison at Greenburgh Police HQ about the power restoration efforts.

Con Ed’s leadership team organized a conference call this morning with municipal officials from around the county.

We spoke with the Vice President of Electric Operations.

He indicated that there were 81,000 customers out of power around the county, with 16,700 restorations so far. In Greenburgh this morning there were 4,317 outages. A short time ago the number went down to 3,440.

WHAT CON ED IS DOING—THE PROCESS OF GETTING POWER RESTORED

High winds made restoration difficult yesterday. There are many trees that are down. Broken poles, etc.. Since yesterday’s nor’easter Con Ed has been giving priority to opening up roads, addressing low hanging wires. Con Ed has to clear away downed lines, trees and other debris. They have to check for any damage to their system and assign crews and equipment to the area to begin repairs. They have to fix the power lines, transformers, or connections that caused the problem so they can get power back on quickly to critical facilities like hospital, customers who depend on life support equipment, schools, water treatment facilities, fire houses. If you live near one of these facilities you might be lucky –because when the power goes on at those locations, chances are better that it will also go on for you. If a tree is blocking access to a road – and people can’t get out of their home – that will also be given priority.

CON ED PRIORITY SYSTEM

Con Ed’s policy is to restore power to the lines and equipment that will bring power back to most people as quickly as possible. They restore all other customers who have lost power after that.

CON ED HAS THEIR OWN PRIORITY SYSTEM—TOWN DOESN’T CONTROL WHO GETS POWER ON FIRST

Con Ed has taken the politics out of the restoration process. They have their own priority system and they follow their own process.

REPAIRS TAKE TIME—I PREDICT THAT SERVICE WILL BE OUT FOR SOME RESIDENTS FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS…

Con Ed did not provide us with estimates as to when exactly service in Greenburgh will be restored. Although it took two weeks to restore service to most Greenburgh residents after SANDY, my guess is that most Greenburgh residents out of power will have their power restored by Tuesday. This is based on my experiences dealing with Con Ed.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS –LACK OF STAFF ——CON ED CALLING IN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE CREWS FROM OTHER COMPANIES WILL START SHOWING UP TOMORROW AND MONDAY

During our conference call Con Ed told municipal officials that restoration for most people will start tomorrow.

A problem: lack of crews. Some crews from around the country are expected to come to Westchester tomorrow (Sunday) and Monday.

MY GUESS—MOST OF GREENBURGH WILL HAVE POWER TUESDAY

Most of Greenburgh will have power on Tuesday. Some today, others tomorrow and Monday.

ALL DOWNED WIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LIVE

All downed wires should be considered live. Con Ed placed yellow do not cross tapes near wires. But- some of the tapes have been knocked down by the winds. If you see a wire DO NOT GO NEAR IT. It could be dangerous. Con Ed is supposed to hire crews to stand near the downed wires. If Con Ed crews are not protecting the wires – we have been assigning police to areas.

IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE COLD THERE ARE TEMPORARY OPTIONS AVAILABLE

If you are FREEZING there are some options available. The town has opened the Theodore Young Community Center as a shelter for those without power. It’s free and staffed by the CERT team. We have cots, showers, etc… If you don’t want to sleep at a community center (two people took advantage of the shelter at the Theodore Young Community Center last night), I would be happy to call residents and ask if they would make a room available to someone out of power. Or, you could contact friends, relatives elsewhere who have power. My e mail is [email protected].

I PROMISE TO TRY HARD TO PRESS CON ED TO GIVE OUR TOWN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY POSSIBLE—GETTING POWER RESTORED

Last night, I was freezing like many of you. I know how stressed out and uncomfortable those without power are. I promise to work as hard as possible to get your power restored quickly. I’m not happy with the delays in restoring power and am doing everything I can to expedite the power restoration so you can live comfortably and happily in Greenburgh. But, there is not much more that can be done if Con Ed doesn’t have the resources to restore everyone’s power quickly.

IF THERE ARE LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL ISSUES- PLEASE ADVISE

Con Ed has a registry of people who are on life support and have medical emergencies. Please let Con Ed know if you, someone you know depends on life support equipment or has a medical emergency. They keep records of these customers and contact them when there are emergencies. If you need help – and are not getting the help please e mail me at [email protected].

SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCES. I PROMISE TO GET BACK TO EVERYONE WHO HAS A CONCERN.

Paul Feiner

My cell phone is 914 438 134

High Number of Downed Trees, Persistent High Winds Slow Con Edison Power Restoration Efforts. No change in Outages Overnight. High Winds Put Bucket Extension Personnel at Risk. No estimate for Westchester Restoration as of 10:30 SAT Morning Con Edison Reports.Queens and Brooklyn Also Hard Hit.

Posted on March 3, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE POWER STORY. By John F. Bailey. March 3, 2018. 10:40 AM E.S.T. :

As of 10:30 A.M. Con Edison reports 72,596 Con Edison customers (a customer is one electric meter, as defined by Con Ed), 2.2% of the 3,323,537 customers in the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester County are without power.

In White Plains, as of this hour, there are 83 Outages reported, affecting 1,408 customers.

Westchester Con Edison spokesman Sydney Alvarez told WPCNR, is by far the hardest hit due to a high total of downed trees, that have affected the county above ground power lines.

The wind conditions are expected to be factors in the progress of repairs. Currently as of 11 A.M., Westchester County Airport reports wind speed is 25 knots with gusts to 40 miles an hour.

In White Plains, for example, a large elm tree has fallen across Bryant Avenue in the vicinity of Bryant Gardens apartments.

The trees, Alvarez said which have to be cleared by local municipalities before Con Edison trucks go in. The weather has cleared but stiff winds still persist.

Alvarez said there is a threshold of wind velocity at which the Con Edison buckets are at risk to be blown over or make repairs by technicians in the buckets aloft unsafe or and repairs difficult to execute safely. Alvarez said the repair crew foreman makes the decision as to whether the winds are too high for the bucket apparatus to be deployed.

The spokesman told WPCNR Con Ed had been preparing for the springtime hurricane (winds roared through through Westchester County out of the northeast at over40 miles per hour most of yesterday afternoon and through the evening with wind gusts as high as 60 and 70 miles an hour, Alvarez said.

Alvarez said Con Edison is working closely with municipalities for tree clearance. He said repairs would proceed with safety the first priority after community roads had been cleared. Con Ed will proceed attempting to restore the outages affecting the highest number of customers first.

At this point, he said because of the high wind conditions, Con Edison could not promise when restorations to the affected Westchester areas would be complete.

Alvarez said residents who are without power should be sure and turn off all appliances to avoid a power surge damage when power is restored.

MAYOR ANNOUNCES OPENING OF WARMING CENTER 303 QUARROPAS STREET for Those Without Power in White Plains–1,084 without power as of 5:45 PM

Posted on March 2, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR PUBLIC SAFETY NOTICE. From the Mayor’s Office, with WPCNR Supplements. Friday 5:40 P.M. UPDATED 6:25 PM:

Mayor Tom Roach of White Plains in a recorded message is calling White Plains residents via the city’s emergency notification line to warn residents that there are power outages in the city and that a warming center at 303 Quarropas Street in White Plains is available for families and residents affected by power loss.

His recorded message says there are a number of residents who have lost power in the city do to the 50 mile per winds in the storm that has been affecting the city the last 15 hours.

A check of the Coned outage map shows 59 outages in White Plains affecting 1,084 customers. Across Westchester communities Con Ed reports 3,059 Outages affecting 61,059 customers in the 6 PM hour without power.

Communities hardest hit by the storm showing and reporting 50 outages affecting an average of over 1,000 customers each in each town are Armonk, Bronxville, Mt.Vernon, New Rochelle, Harrison, Larchmont Mamaroneck, Hastings, Valhalla, Scarsdale, Peekskill, Ossining, Croton, Cortland.

You may see the map at this link, copy into your browser and hit “Go”:

https://apps.coned.com/stormcenter/external/default.ht ml

Mayor Roach urges residents who have lost power to contact Con Edison at 1-800 75CONED.

Mayor Roach said information on outages in our area and when you can expect power to be restored may be found at www.coned.com.

WPCNR has also learned from a resident that there are extensive power outages in the Yorktown-Peekskill area with downed trees on homes.

The winds, predicted to continue to rake the county until midnight, make the roads slippery with fallen debris and always the possibility of a tree or limb falling across a road at any time.