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Hurricane Sandy: Gov. Christie Speaks in Wildwood; Declares State of Emergency [VIDEO]

Mike Gill — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:36:41 +0000

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency today as Hurricane Sandy approaches New Jersey. Gov. Christie appeared in North Wildwood this afternoon to talk more about the storm. Source: Hurricane Sandy: Gov. Christie Speaks in Wildwood; Declares State of Emergency [VIDEO]

Major Disaster Declared In Several South Jersey Counties

Chris Coleman — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:42:13 +0000

The declaration makes federal funding available via the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the storms. PREVIOUS: South Jersey Storm Coverage Application procedures for local, tribal and state governments [...]

Power Restsored To All Atlantic City Electric Customers

Dan Alexander — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:00:57 +0000

Atlantic City Electric says they have restored power to all customers who lost power during last weekend’s violent storms. The utilty says all customers who lost power were back online as of 2:15PM Sunday afternoon thanks to the efforts of 1500 total personnel working round the ‘clock. PREVIOUS: Atlantic City Storms Plunge Thousands Into Darkness [...]

Latest Power Outage Numbers and Update From Atlantic City Electric 7-3-12 [AUDIO]

Heather DeLuca — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:47:50 +0000

A representative from Atlantic City Electric spoke with Townsquare Media's Heather DeLuca to offer an update on recent power outage numbers and how quickly they are working to restore electric in your area.

Click here to listen>> UDATE FROM ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC 7-3-12

Atlantic City Ready For 4th As Power Restoration Continues

Dan Alexander — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:00:25 +0000

Tens of thousands of customers remain without power in South Jersey today – following a series of violent thunderstorms that rolled across the region at the end of last week causing widespread damage and outages. As of 5AM on Tuesday the Atlantic City Electric outage map shows just over 70,000 customers still without power, the [...]

More Progress Restoring Power To South Jersey [PICTURES]

Dan Alexander — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:00:17 +0000

Utility crews in South Jersey have made progress to get the power restored as 102,000 Atlantic City Electric customers remain without power after powerful thunderstorms brought down trees and power lines early Saturday morning. As of 5:30AM on Monday morning the Atlantic City Electric outage map shows 102,000 customers still without power. Atlantic County has [...]

Another Curfew as Crews Work to Restore Power [PICTURES]

Kyle McCann — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:29:39 +0000

Utility crews are working around the clock to restore power in parts of South Jersey after violent thunderstorms rolled through the area early Saturday morning, bringing down utility wires and more trees than Hurricane Irene. Atlantic County Office of Public Safety have announced another curfew in effect from 9 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday, [...]

Power Restoration Efforts Continue In South Jersey

Dan Alexander — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:50:09 +0000

Utility crews will be back out today restoring power to South Jersey a day after violent thunderstorms rolled through the air on Saturday morning bringing down utility wires and more trees than Hurricane Irene. Progress has been made in the past 24 hours as almost 100,000 customers have been restored; 206,000 customers were without power [...]

What Do You Miss About Electricity The Most? [POLL]

Joe Kelly — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:21:33 +0000

Violent storms early Saturday morning have parts of South Jersey in the dark for the whole weekend. PREVIOUS: Storm Causes Lots of Damage Atlantic City Electric Crews are continuing to work to try to get people back “on-line.” In the meantime, which of these things do you miss the most when there [...]

Storm Causes Lots of Damage, Power Outages

Joe Kelly — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:45:03 +0000

A storm that rolled through South Jersey early this morning caused widespread damage and power outages galore across the region. Click here for updates. Atlantic City Electric now reports over 168,000 people are without power this morning as crews hit the streets early to work on re-connecting lines that went down during the storm. In [...]