Displaced Residents Question Utility Billing [AUDIO]
Residents in Sandy-damaged communities are telling Ocean County Freeholder Joe Vicari says that they're still being billed for utilities they're not using.
Residents in Sandy-damaged communities are telling Ocean County Freeholder Joe Vicari says that they're still being billed for utilities they're not using.
Assemblyman Greg McGuckin, a member of the Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, feels Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L) should withdraw their recently submitted request to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) for a $31.5 million rate hike in order to cover the costs of Hurricane Irene in September, 2011 and the snowstorm which followed in October that same year.
JCP&L, which came under heavy criticism for a lack of accurate information during Hurricane Sandy power restoration efforts, has unveiled a plan for better communication with towns during large outages.
While most Jersey Central Power and Light customers in Ocean and Monmouth Counties have been restored to full power, there is a section of Brick Township that remains in the dark today. It was an area that has hard-hit by Hurricane Sandy.
The Nor'easter now known as Winter Storm Athena is over our area dropping rain/snow mixes and freezing out many people that haven't had power (or heat) in a week.
If you rely on Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) for your electric, it may be several more days before service will be fully restored.
As damage clean-up continues from this weekend’s brutal storm, New Jerseyans are wondering when their lights will be back on.