The Stone Harbor Office of Emergency Management has received a power restoration update from Atlantic City Electric on Sunday, January 24th. Power continues to be out this morning for customers in Avalon and Stone Harbor. Strong winds during the winter storm prevented many power restoration efforts on Saturday due to unsafe working conditions for repair crews, and the inability for the utility to access barrier islands due to major coastal flooding. Atlantic City Electric reports substantial issues with power lines on the 7 Mile Beach following Saturday’s storm event.
Restoration work is underway. Atlantic City Electric will have crews both on Avalon Boulevard and Stone Harbor Boulevard today and throughout the community to both assess and repair the power situation. Various power lines will be strung. As the power begins to come back on for the 7 Mile Beach, there could be temporary interruptions or “blips” in power. Motorists are asked to exercise greater caution when driving past an area where repair crews are present and follow any instructions provided by local police departments.
The restoration time is estimated. It is possible that customers in the southern end of Avalon and Stone Harbor could be restored around Noontime on Sunday; restoration for the remainder of Avalon is estimated to occur at or before 6:00pm. These restoration times are estimates and provided to us by Atlantic City Electric.
Atlantic City Electric wants to remind customers that it is still very important to report their individual service outage to the utility. You may do so by calling 1-800-833-7476 to report your outage or downed wires on your street. You can also report your outage on the outage page at the Atlantic City Electric website. You can view the outage map on the website as well, and you will also find information to download a free app on your smartphone to track information about outages and utility restoration.
On Sunday, January 24th, Atlantic City Electric reported an estimated 15,000 customer outages in Cape May County with more outages further up the southern New Jersey coast.
