FirstEnergy Hurricane Irene Outage Update

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Sep 01, 2011, 05:10 ET

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Service has been restored to more than 840,000 FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) customers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland after losing power due to Hurricane Irene. Overall, 920,000 customers were affected by the storm.

Crews continue working to restore service to the 80,000 customers who remain without power. The current FirstEnergy outage totals by utility include:

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) – Service should be restored to the majority of the remaining 69,000 customers by the weekend, with full restoration by early next week.

Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed) – Service should be restored to the majority of the remaining 10,000 customers by late Sunday.

Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) – The majority of customers have been restored, with repairs continuing today for some locations.

For Met-Ed customers still experiencing an outage, water and ice continue to be available at any of the following locations:


#93 Giant Food Store 837 Male Rd. Wind Gap, PA 18091	#79 Giant Food Store 275 Pauline Drive York, PA 17402
#255 Giant Food Store 801 South 25th Street Easton, PA 18045	#87 Giant Food Store 2415 E Market St. York, PA 17402
#321 Giant Food Store 859 Nazareth Pike Nazareth, PA 18064	Giant Food Store 1255 Carlisle Road York, PA 17404
#330 Giant Food Store 301 Town Center Blvd. Easton, PA 18040	#242 Giant Food Store 4215 N George St Ext. Manchester, PA 17345
#98 Giant Food Store 481 W Penn Ave. Cleona, PA 17042	#271 Giant Food Store 14635 Mt Airy Road Shrewsberry, PA 17361
#88 Giant Food Store 450 E Main St. Middletown, PA 17057	#300 Giant Food Store 3175 Cape Horn Rd Red Lion, PA 17356
#266 Giant Food Store 837 Bowman St. Lebanon, PA 17046	Giant Food Store 3560 Rte 611 Bartonsville, PA
#19 Giant Food Store 1200 W Market St. West York, PA 17404

To report an outage, JCP&L, Met-Ed and Penelec customers should call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877).

For updated information on hurricane restoration news, current outages, FirstEnergy's service restoration process and tips for staying safe after a storm, go to www.firstenergycorp.com.

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