(Updates PSE&G; outages, numbers to align)
Nov 6 (Reuters) – Some 850,000 homes and businesses along the U.S. East
Coast remained without power on Tuesday, eight days after Hurricane Sandy
slammed the region.
Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on the night of Oct. 29. The storm
affected about 8.48 million customers in 21 states, according to a U.S.
Department of Energy report.
The following power companies have utility units that reported outages:
Utility Holding State( Current Outages Percent of Total
Company ) Current Customers
Outages Affected
Versus
Total
Affected
PSE&G; PSEG NJ 226,900 13 1,700,000
JCP&L; FirstEnergy NJ 259,200 26 1,000,000
LIPA LIPA NY 200,300 19 1,045,000
Con Edison Con Edison NY 115,800 12 960,000
Orange and Con Edison NY/NJ/ 37,300 15 242,000
Rockland A
NYSEG/RGE Iberdrola NY 10,600 4 267,000
Total out now – 850,100
NOTE: Utilities generally do not include outages for customers that cannot
receive power because their homes or businesses were flooded or destroyed.
(Reporting by Scott DiSavino in New York; editing by Dale Hudson and Jeffrey
Benkoe, desking by G Crosse)
