BARNEGAT, NJ — Thousands of residents of both Barnegat and Waretown found themselves without power again Wednesday night into Thursday morning, after just experiencing the same thing a few days prior.
A failed part at the substation in Waretown needed emergency replacement Wednesday night, which meant that residents experienced yet another round of outages, JCP&L spokesperson Chris Hoenig told Patch.
While it was inconvenient, Hoenig said that the replacement needed to be done Wednesday. “We had no choice on the timing,” he said.
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But the reason it failed is still unknown.
“Our first priority was getting everyone’s power restored,” Hoenig said, adding that investigation into the failure will “take a little time.”
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The other outages were weather-related, he said.
Hoenig also said it was possible that the substation failure was a delayed reaction from severe weather earlier in the week. But it won’t be known for sure until investigations are complete.
According to the JCP&L outage map, a handful of customers are still powerless in Barnegat Thursday afternoon. Those are expected to have power returned by 3 p.m.
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