Hundreds Without Power In East Orange, Repairs Continue (UPDATED)

This article was updated at 4 p.m.

EAST ORANGE, NJ — A power outage that impacted hundreds of people in East Orange on Thursday may linger into early Friday morning for some customers, PSE&G says.

A spokesperson provided Patch with the following update about the repair status:

"PSE&G is aware and actively working to assess and repair damage to our underground electric equipment in East Orange. The cause of the damage is still under investigation. Currently there are about 400 customers without power. We were able to isolate the damage to impact as few customers as possible. As the crews work to safely restore power, additional customers may experience brief outages."

"Power will be restored in stages and the outage could impact customers into late evening and possibly early Friday morning," PSE&G continued. "We appreciate your patience as repairing electric equipment underground often takes longer than repairing equipment above ground on utility poles. "

"We recommend customers experiencing an extended power outage to stay connected with their local municipal emergency operations officials for information regarding support during the outage," PSE&G added.

Learn how to report an outage to PSE&G or check the status of an outage here.

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