It sucks being in that 20%
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me too; it's horrible; I can't get warm. I went to my daughter's in Bergenfield; still can get warm.... My back is killing me from being cold....I can barely walk without pain

So when can the 20% expect to get power mayor? That's the answer we need!

It is costing me $40.00 a day to run my generator. In one week i have already surpassed my monthly electric and gas bill. As mayor you should pressure pse&g to reimburse new milford residents for a credit on their next bill at $40.00 per day per resident after the 3rd day without power. Maybe that will motivate them to hire more workers and keep an adequate supply of spare parts for substation reoairs, utility poles, transformers, etc. This was barely a category 1 hurricane and we have been without power for 7 days. This just goes to show you how inept government and utilities are when it comes to handling emergencies. The entire state of nj is exposed to the atlantic ocean. Nobody ever thought to prepare for even a category 1 hurricane?

So agree with you jack. I think we should be reimbursed as we pay pseg to provide a service that they haven't fulfilled. And it's not like we can choose another company as tthey are a monopoly. Maybe pseg would then get to work a bit faster or be motivated to bury the electricity cables.

While I love the idea about a daily credit, stop and think one minute about the people down the shore that lost everything. I don't like being in the dark any more than you do. The sound of the generator has become more annoying than rap music. I'm tired of whining and having my own private pity party. My house may need a new roof, but at least it's still standing.

It’s not being in the dark or being cold, it the fact that PSG&E dosed not communicate with its customer. PSG&E is a service provider and they should be able to communicate to their customer a realistic time frame when the repairs will be completed. I have some friends that live in the southern area Bergen County and they were told the same thing I was told and that was the power would be restored by November 5 at 8:00 PM. How can three different towns have the same day for restoration of power? The second thing, I went to the police department and ask if they had any information on when the power would be restored. The duty officer told me he had no information on when the power would return. New Milford has one of the finest police departments in the county. How can they protect this community and staff the different shifts if they have no idea when the power would return. I guess they use the worst case scenario to protect us. I do not think this is far for our first responders to work under these conditions. By not knowing when power is going to return just adds stress, under a stressful situation. Our governor should require PSG&E to provide accrete information so that everyone could make intelligent decisions.

I made my 4th call to PSE&G last night at 6pm. Everyone from the left and right side of us have been restored, but us not even close. Everytime I call, they say "oh we thought you were restored already. and now they tell me anywhere from November 8-13. Its getting colder and colder each day and not everyone has a generator. And even if you do, the heaters that we plugged in dont work very well. All we want is an accurate timetable so we know whats ahead of us.

I just called PSE&G after saying we would have power yesterday they now claim by Friday they hope to have the power restored to the grid covering my neighborhood but can not tell me when the power lines that are laying on the street will be fixed. The grid can be restored but until the lines are fixed there is still no power! Are our public officials really not putting any presssure on PSE&G? I left a message today with Senator Gordon and will be trying to reach our Assembly people as well. I realize there are so many more in worse shape than us but with all the resources PSE&G claims to have received from other power companies why can they not get the lines restored in less time -- 8 days and counting. This wasn't even classified technically as a hurricane--what would happen if there ever was a hurricane--are we that unprepared...

What has people down the shore losing everything got to do with pseg failing to provide a service they have been extremely well paid to provide? Pseg should be held accountable, as we have all been held accountable by the people who pay us this week, I didn't tell my employer to quit whining and think about the people down the shore, I got my ass into work and delivered. Pseg needs to do the same.