JCP&L Ready For Major Winter Storm in Berkeley Heights

Berkeley Heights, NJ -- As a major winter storm is predicted to hit our area hard on Friday, power company JCP&L is “monitoring the storm and gearing up.”

JCP&L covers a large area of Somerset County including Berkeley Heights and New Providence.

The power company has a meteorologist on staff, who is closely monitoring the storm, said Ron Morano with Jersey Central Power & Light.

“When the time comes we will activate a storm restoration plan,” Morano said. “When the plan is in place we will centralize our restoration efforts at the command center and mobilize a crew to the area more impacted than others.”

During the storm customers can stay in touch with JCP&L’s efforts on their website to access storm information, current outages and when it will be expected to be back on.

Customers can also access their own municipal page to see the number of customers in their area.

Here is a breakdown of the JCP&L customers in Union County:

• Berkeley Heights - 4,903 customers
• Mountainside Borough - 385 customers
• New Providence Borough - 5,254 customers
• Springfield Township - 7,477 customers
• Summit City - 9,291 customers

For more information visit JCP&L’s site HERE.