Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE: About 14,000 in Bucks Still Without Power

All three of the county's electric suppliers still were working to restore electricity to all customers.

A week after Hurricane Sandy struck, about 14,000 Bucks County electric customers still were without power. As of Monday at 5:20 p.m., 2,228, Met Ed customers in northeast Bucks and 820 PPL customers in northwest Bucks were out of power. In Central and Lower Bucks, about 11,000 PECO customers still were without power as of Monday. In PECO's territory, service for most remaining customers is expected to be restored by midnight Monday. However, the company noted that some "customers in the most damaged and isolated areas may be without electric service until next week." Met Ed made progress in Bucks County in recent days by energizing the Ferndale Substation on Sunday evening and the Ottsville Substation on Monday, according to an update …

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Hurricane Sandy

Power Update: 87% Restored; 40,495 to Go

Utility companies predict that most or all of Bucks County will be restored to power by midnight Sunday.

On Saturday, local utility companies restored power to more than 50,000 customers, but they still have more than 40,000 to go. In a press release Saturday night, PECO reported that 30,000 customers remained without power in Bucks County. PPL had 5,621 and Met-Ed stated it had 4,874 customers still in the dark. Are you one of the last 40,000? How have you been coping? In Bucks County, Bristol, Lower Makefield, Upper Makefield, Solebury townships and New Hope were the hardest hit. PECO expects most of the remaining customers to have service restored by Sunday midnight.  “I want to thank our customers for their patience and understanding as we continue to focus on safely restoring service across the region,” said Craig Adams, PECO President …

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Hurricane Sandy

Bucks Artist Pens Song, Video for Linemen

A local woman has created a song and video honoring the utility workers who are laboring night and day to pull the East Coast out of the dark.

They have been working 10-, 12- and 16-hour shifts in the days since Hurricane Sandy left nearly a million Philadelphia-area electric customers in the cold and the dark. The linemen working round-the-clock to restore power to a darkened East Coast have been unsung heroes. That is, until now. LisaBeth Weber, a Bucks County artist, has written a song and created a video to honor the contributions of people who she says are too often taken for granted. "The first responders - police, fire and EMS -  they're often thanked for their work, as they should be," Weber said. "But these linemen, who are working in sometimes really difficult situations, a lot of time, they’re saving lives, too, but no one really says thank you." Weber, who lives in …

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Weather

Huge Area of Street Road Still in the Dark

Over 3,500 PECO customers remain without power on Wednesday.

  Even though the sun has been peeking out occasionally today, there are still a lot of businesses and residences along Street Road that remain in the dark. You can’t get a Big Mac at the Street Road McDonald’s or coffee at the Wawa or even a case of beer at the Bensalem Beer & Soda. Traffic lights along Street Road are also out but the township has portable generators powering some of the bigger ones including the intersection of Street and Hulmeville roads. Other area businesses in the dark include: According to PECO’s website, there are still more than 3,500 power outages in Bensalem. PECO serves more than 20,000 customers in the township. If you’re able to read this, but your power is still out, let us know where you are in the …

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Irene’s Coming: Prepare For Potential Power Outage

While we're still not sure how close Hurricane Irene will come to our area, we do know there will be an impact, possibly including power outages.

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, PECO  is preparing. The utility’s full emergency response organization is preparing for the damage Irene may inflict upon our area this weekend, according to a news release from PECO. Here are some tips from PECO: How you can prepare: If an outage occurs:    Tips provided by PECO.

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