Manhattan Should Have All Power Back Today, Con Ed Says

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg

Manhattan, slowed by power outages, flooded subways and closed markets since Sandy struck Oct. 29, should have electricity fully restored by the end of today, Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED) spokesman Robert McGee said.

About 570,000 Con Ed customers remain without power, down from 900,000 after Sandy, the biggest Atlantic storm on record, battered the East Coast, killing at least 90 people in the U.S.

“We’ve made some significant progress,” McGee said in an interview today with Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg - The First Word.” “We do hope to get all of Manhattan back by the end of the day today.”

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Con Ed, which gave dry ice to people with powerless refrigerators, said it expects to restore power to the “vast majority” of its affected customers by Nov. 11. All of its underground networks in Manhattan will be back online by tomorrow, said Sara Banda, a spokeswoman for the New York-based utility.

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Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-02/u-s-sends-marines-as-new-york-struggles-back-from-storm.html

[Javaman]

1. I know Con-Ed gets a bad rap (deserved much of the time) but restoring

power back to Manhattan, given everything that has happened, is good work on them.

Now if Jersey can get power back to my brother that would be great.

[jwirr]

2. According to Rachel last night they were talking about the Corps of Engineers pumping out the water

from the subways and until they were dried out they could not turn on the electrical power that runs under them. Are we talking about two different things?

[dipsydoodle]

3. I think that's pretty good going

all things considered.

[Historic NY]

4. Wait what happened to the weeks ....

and weeks.

[olddad56]

8. are you disappointed?

[Historic NY]

9. No but I'd bet the media is.

[drm604]

5. That's impressive.

[truthisfreedom]

6. I hope they pull it off!

Wait, I guess I mean turn it on.

[truthisfreedom]

7. Title of article has changed. Date on article says Dec 31, 1969 6:33 PM CT

Seems a bit unlikely.

By Esmé E. Deprez, Meg Tirrell and Justin Doom - Dec 31, 1969 6:33 PM CT