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Outages Drop as JCP&L Adds More Manpower

Utility company expects most customers will be restored by Saturday evening.

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An increase in manpower will help JCP&L restore most New Jersey outages by Saturday evening, according to a statement released Friday afternoon.

An additional 1,200 line workers joined the nearly 7,000 workers already on the ground in New Jersey on Friday.

After winter storm Athena caused JCP&L's power outage numbers to increase by more than 100,000 from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning, both the company and Gov. Chris Christie have said Sunday should bring the state's residents relief.

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JCP&L reported Friday at noon that 163,309 of its nearly 1.1 million customers were without power. However, that number dropped to 110,468 by Friday night at 10 p.m.

Municipalities in Patch's coverage area in Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Passaic and Warren counties continued to see a large number of homes without power, especially Bernards Township, Warren, Hopatcong and Long Valley.

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The following were reports from JCP&L and PSE&G:

Morris County

JCP&L Outage Map (as of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages County total 21,184 Boonton Town 33 Boonton Township 20 Chatham Borough 402 Chatham Township 341 Chester Borough 128 Chester Township 1,256 Denville 571 Dover 291 East Hanover Township 197 Florham Park Borough 17 Hanover Township 62 Harding Township 735 Jefferson Township 989 Kinnelon Borough 18 Lincoln Park Borough 147 Long Hill Township 1,096 Mendham Borough 44 Mendham Township 372 Mine Hill Township 714 Montville Township 838 Morris Plains Borough 16 Morris Township 1,419 Morristown 381 Mount Arlington Borough 102 Mount Olive Township 1,688 Mountain Lakes Borough 385 Netcong Borough 886 Parsippany Troy Hills Township 377 Pequannock Township 172 Randolph Township 1,518 Riverdale Borough 9 Rockaway Borough 224 Rockaway Township 746 Roxbury Township 3,066 Victory Gardens 337 Washington Township 1,242 Wharton Borough 345

Somerset County

PSE&G Outage Map (As of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages Bound Brook 1-500 Branchburg 1-500 Bridgewater 501-2,000 Franklin Township 1-500 Green Brook Township 1-500 Hillsborough Township 1-500 Manville Borough 501-2,000 Millstone 1-500 Montgomery Township 1-500 North Plainfield Borough 501-2,000 Raritan Borough 1-500 Rocky Hill Borough 1-500 Somerville Borough 1-500 South Bound Brook Borough 1-500 Warren Township 1-500 Watchung Borough 1-500

JCP&L Outage Map (as of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages County total 5,562 Bedminster Township 520 Bernards Township 1,904 Bernardsville Borough 595 Branchburg Township 409 Bridgewater 529 Far Hills Borough 336 Green Brook Township 14 Hillsborough Township 28 Peapack and Gladstone Borough 84 Warren Township 2,241 Watchung Borough 17

Sussex County (Patch Coverage Area)

JCP&L Outage Map (as of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages Hopatcong Borough 865 Sparta Township 1,118

Passaic County (Patch Coverage Area)

JCP&L Outage Map (as of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages Wayne Township 579

PSE&G Outage Map (as of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages Wayne Township 1-500

Warren County (Patch Coverage Area)

JCP&L Outage Map (as of Friday, 10 p.m.)

Municipality/Area Outages Hackettstown 6

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