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UPDATED: 5 to 7 More Days Before Power Restoration

Butler Electric is continuing to work to restore service, but feeder line remains down.

Tri-Boro residents could be without power for a while longer.

Butler Electric is working feverishly to restore service to areas with large numbers of outages.

Restoration could take 5 to 7 more days, Kinnelon's Office of Emergency Management said Wednesday morning.

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Crews are making "great progress" clearing debris and restoring wires, however the feeder from JCP&L is still uncertain, the OEM statement said.

Even when power is restored, gas and fuel will continue to be an issue as local refineries are under water, the OEM statement said.

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Most residents have been without power since a feeder line failure in Butler Monday.

Once JCP&L restores power to the Butler sub-stations a large majority of Butler Electric customers will have power.


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