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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From a White Plains CitizeNetReporter. November 6, 2012 UPDATED 11 A.M. E.D.T.:

Coordination between Con Ed and its out of town utility partners continue to experience coordination problems at least in White Plains.They are ready to splice and dice and connect, but at least one contingent of angels from Georgia and North Carolina assigned to power up Ogden Avenue in the heart of the Highlands this morning lost valuable time (over an hour) awaiting a Con Ed man to supervise the operation.

The Good Samaratans from the south arrived at 7:30 A.M. according to our correspondent and did not pull out until 10:30 A.M., a three-hour delay of valuable daylight in the face of a forecast of more heavy weather coming in.

Our Highlands correspondent and Observer reports that a convoy of power restoration crews (from Townsend power in Georgia) were lined up on Ogden Avenue in the Highlands at 8:15 A.M., ready to work to power up the street, but, as observed yesterday by our correspondent, they awaited a Con Ed supervisor. Our observer reports their Con Edison “guide” has not arrived yet.

An hour later, at 9:15 A.M. when this picture was taken by WPCNR, they were still waiting “to be told where to go,” said one Townsend electrical worker  from Georgia to WPCNR, which interviewed him while sitting in the cab of his truck. Of course, this may be an isolated incident of delay in assigning crews.

Our correspondent says the crews were not standing around, he reports “they’re ready to work, but they’re awaiting the Con Ed man with a map to tell them what to do.”

Our correspondent checked back in with WPCNR at 11 A.M. and told WPCNR News the power team finally pulled out at 10:30 A.M.– a three hour delay. He had been told by crewmembers they had been sitting since 7:30 A.M.

Fairway Drive– 10 A.M. This morning.

Richbell 10 A.M. this morning

As of 11:15 A.M., 3,768 White Plainsians remained to be restored with approximately 200 reconnected overnight.

WPCNR, at  10 A.M. observed action in full swing in hardhit Gedney Farms.

An overnight dispatch from Con Edison issued at 11 P.M. last night  reported the company has restored electric service to more than 846,000 customers, or nearly 87 percent of all those who lost their power from Hurricane Sandy’s fury.

In Westchester County, the company reported 56,000 customers out of service, while approximately 170,000 customers have had their service restored.

Approximately 127,000 customers were without electricity, out of an estimated 960,000 affected. That includes approximately 2,000 out in Manhattan, 28,000 in Queens, 22,000 in Brooklyn, 13,000 in Staten Island, and 6,000 in the Bronx.

Con Edison expects to restore the vast majority of those affected by Hurricane Sandy by the weekend.

While Con Edison continues to return electricity to customers since Hurricane Sandy moved out, the company is monitoring the Nor’easter forecast for Wednesday. The expected high winds and heavy rains could delay restorations and may cause additional outages.

Here is the latest real-time county connection report by location from Consolidated Edison as of 11:15 A.M. Election Day:

WPCNR THE POWER NEWS From Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor, Greenburgh. November 5, 2012:

There are now 6,350 Con Ed customers out of power in Greenburgh—down from over 9000 after the storm.  Con Ed has assigned 8 crews to the town today and a muni crew. There may be additional crews in the area that are not reporting to the command center.The crews will be working near schools – trying to restore power to all schools  (they are also polling places).  People who live near schools will probably benefit from the power restoration.

Con Ed has assigned a liaison to the town – someone who works at our command center. The liaison resides in the town of Greenburgh. He is also without power and has been without power for the entire week.   Con Ed has their own priority system. The town does not determine the order of the power restoration.   The Con Ed liaison is also frustrated by the lack of power in his house.

WE NEED MORE CREWS.  One of the major reasons why power is still out in many homes is because Con Ed gave Westchester communities only token help until this weekend. They had assigned most of their crews to NYC first. I have written to the NYS Public Service Commission asking them to investigate the restoration efforts. Can’t understand why Con Ed doesn’t hire retirees, licensed electricians who work for the state. Can’t understand why different crews can’t work around the clock. I’m as upset and as frustrated as everyone else –and aggravated because people, especially the elderly and disabled are suffering.

The library is open tonight till 9 PM in Greenburgh.

The Theodore Young Community Center is open 24 hours a day –as an overnight shelter. THANK YOU, CERT team for volunteering.

We have house angels offering to help out – and to provide housing in their homes. E mail me if you’re interested. [email protected].

Paul Feiner