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Christie likes response by two utilities
Gov. Chris Christie says the state’s utility companies aren’t dropping the ball this time.
The governor praised Jersey Central Power & Light Co. and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. for making adequate progress returning power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses knocked offline by the weekend storm, with Morris and Bergen counties the hardest-hit areas.
Christie said the peak number of utility customers without power “was nearly 750,000,” but the number of locations without lights, and in many cases heat, had been reduced to 380,000 by Monday morning. (Jordan, Gannett)
