Reuters: U.S.: Three days after Sandy, 659,000 ConEd customers in NY powerless

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Three days after Sandy, 659,000 ConEd customers in NY powerless Nov 1st 2012, 13:03 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News ConEd restores power to parts of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn 8:58am EDT About 6 million remain without power in Northeast Wed, Oct 31 2012 Lower Manhattan faces up to four days without power: ConEd Wed, Oct 31 2012 US Northeast crawls back to business Wed, Oct 31 2012 East Coast power outages from Sandy hit 8.2 million Tue, Oct 30 2012 Analysis & Opinion Strong storms could be even more dangerous in future Sandy clouds the election’s final act Related Topics Investing Simplified » U.S. » The aftermath of Sandy showcased in a series of large format pictures.   Full Article  A food cart is the only light in a neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York October 31, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri Thu Nov 1, 2012 9:03am EDT (Reuters) - New York power company Consolidated Edison Inc said Thursday it still had about 659,400 homes and businesses without power three days after monster storm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast. Sandy hit the East Coast late Monday leaving more than 8.48 million customers without power in 21 states from North Carolina to Maine and as far west as Illinois. Con Edison said in a report it has restored power to more than 225,000 customers since Sandy's departure. The company said the storm was the worst natural disaster to strike its service area. Con Edison said it expects to make significant progress restoring electricity over the next two days with help from additional crews from around the country arriving daily from as far away as California. That is consistent with the company's earlier expectations. On Wednesday, the company said customers in Manhattan and Brooklyn served by underground equipment should have power back within three days and said it would take at least a week to restore all of those in areas served by overhead power lines. As of 4:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, Con Edison said about 227,000 customers were still out in Manhattan, 103,000 in Queens, 59,000 in Brooklyn, 83,000 in Staten Island, 36,000 in the Bronx and 166,000 in Westchester County. (By 8.45 a.m., the total number of clients was down to 659,400.) Late Wednesday, Con Edison said it restored power to customers served by two underground electrical networks in Manhattan and Brooklyn that were taken out Monday night as the floodwaters from the storm were surging. The networks serve about 2,000 customers in lower Manhattan and 28,200 in Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. Con Edison warned that some buildings in restored neighborhoods may still be without electricity due to basement flooding or damage to local equipment. (Reporting By Scott DiSavino; Editing by Claudia Parsons) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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