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Utility rep outlines steps to improve breakdowns in Ridgewood
Thursday March 28, 2013, 3:48 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The state’s largest public utility company is taking steps to avoid future communication failures and prolonged power outages, particularly the same breakdowns that plagued most of Bergen County in the wake of superstorm Sandy.
A presentation by a Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) official at Wednesday’s Ridgewood Council meeting touched on the multi-stepped improvement process and coincided with an email sent earlier this week to some of the company’s customers. Both delivered the same message that urged support for PSE&G’s $3.9 billion Energy Strong campaign, which would bolster communications and deliver needed upgrades to aging substations, wires and utility poles.