PSE&G storm update – March 16, 2010 at 4:30p.m.

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Since the 8 pm update, PSE&G and assisting utility crews restored power to another 2,900 electric customers. The remaining customers affected by the storm now number 24,600, with 21,000 in Bergen County

-- Since the 8 p.m. update, PSE&G and assisting utility crews restored power to another 2,900 electric customers. The remaining customers affected by the storm now number 24,600, with 21,000 in Bergen County. Since the storm began on Saturday, PSE&G has restored service to more than 93 percent of those impacted by the storm, or more than 458,000 customers. In terms of outages, the storm is the worst in PSE&G history.

-- Crews will continue to work non-stop, going neighborhood by neighborhood, to restore service. About 200 utility workers from AEP, Duquesne Light and UGI are in NJ and helping to restore power in hard-hit Bergen County.

-- Based on the extensive damage – especially in Bergen County, PSE&G is estimating that the majority of customers will be restored by Wednesday with the remainder on Thursday.

-- There are also about 3,400 gas customers in Passaic and Somerset counties without service due to flooding. Gas customers will be restored in coordination with municipal inspections as the flood waters recede.

-- Customers can find information on outages, flooding and restoration at http://www.pseg.com/customer/home/safety/outage.jsp.

-- Many of the outages are caused by falling trees and limbs, which bring down power lines. Downed wires should always be considered “live.” STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOWNED LINES. Do not approach or drive over a downed line and do not touch anything that it might be in contact with. To report a downed wire, call 1-800-436-PSEG and tell PSE&G the nearest cross street.

-- To report a power outage, call PSE&G’s Customer Service line: 1-800-436-PSEG. Customers who are registered with My Account can also report power outages. To do so, Log In now or register.

-- The utility provides electric service to 2.1 million customers and gas service to 1.7 million customers.

** The next update will be early Wednesday (3/17) morning.

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) is New Jersey’s oldest and largest regulated gas and electric delivery utility, serving nearly three-quarters of the state’s population. PSE&G is the winner of the ReliabilityOne Award for superior electric system reliability. PSE&G is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a diversified energy company (www.pseg.com).

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