They also said that we'd be mostly up by 11:59pm tonight.

How do we know that they aren't lying this time?

Hillcrest and Boyden Avenue Area still has no power!

I live at hillcrest n boyden and see nothing but workers sitting in trucks......smh

Lexington Avenue still has no power ...

Why would they be? Check http://google.com

no power on wellesley st, just across the street from dehart :(

No power on Essex Avenue yet?

No power in Parker avenue one block up from
School!

no power in kearney ave moust niber have power we so sade

No good

kearny ave cliffsed park no power

No power around prospect and parker, or Richmond ave. Where are the crews, where is our help?

No power on FRANKLIN AVENUE which means no HEAT. My electric protion of the PSE&G bill is going to be low but they will surely sock it to me on the gas for running my GAS BURNERs on my stove to help keep my senior warm. Are they going to forgive my bill?
I DOUBT IT

PSE&G is both incompetent and in contempt of its Maplewood customers.

Very hard working PSEG crew spent approx 2.5 hrs yesterday afternoon at Prospect & Harvard, replacing transformers, repairing main lines and reconnecting homes that had been severed. Residents were left thinking power would return last night and as of now it has not. Many left off generators to avoid problems if it returned overnight. Hard working guys, yes, but still starting Day 7 with no power: Not acceptable.

Ran into a single pseg guy yesterday afternoon, who said they have not yet even been diverting crews to the township, which explains wht we've seen no trucks. The worksheet is clearly just a pr effort to please the governor.

Wrote this to the CEO:

Our community has the highest proportion of outages of nearly any township on the worksheet you have provided, but there has been almost no progress. Although we have no substation problems, we see no evidence of crews working in the area, with transformers and power poles still lying in the street. We understand you have had a lot to do, but do not understand why restoration deadlines are being repeatedly missed, and why we do not even see crews arriving. What is happening here?

Mike Stocker
57 Jefferson
Maplewood

I have emailed LaRossa as well as the Senator and Assembly members who represent Maplewood. I don't know if it will do any good but I guess it can't hurt. Below are their contact details in case others would like to do the same:

Senate:
Richard James Codey, Democrat
66 W.Mount Pleasant Ave.,
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-535-5017
E-mail SenCodey@njleg.org

Assembly:
John F. McKeon, Democrat
250 Main St.
Madison, NJ 07940
973-377-1606
E-mail: AsmMcKeon@njleg.org

Mila M. Jasey, Democrat
511 Valley St.
Maplewood, NJ 07040
973-762-1886
E-mail: AswJasey@njleg.org

No power on Oakland, Plymouth, Madison, Oakview, Courter, Tuscan and Prospect between Prospect and Maplecrest Park... The surrounding areas also seem dark... My dog is getting tired of this... ;)

Yale street is totally out. We want our lives back . Dark night

Heather, I just wrote to the same guys. While part of what is driving restoration schedule is housing density, part is "prioritization" -- and I'm afraid our Mayor has not been able to demonstrate much clout.

Pseg just posted it's new revised revised restoral schedule on its site. They've pushed all the same numbers they had up yesterday out a day (ie, no restorals in last 24 hours) and have extended out the schedule for restorals to six days -- so some are looking at post 11/11.

Hillcrest area? It's highly unlikely that there was any power back for a short while in our area. They must have mistaken the electricity going back with the generators we're using.

Still no power on Park Road...cold and dark and with school starting back up I feel as though we cannot leave town...I am grateful that I didn't lose loved ones or my home, and that I do not have to rebuild, but I'm cold and cranky now!

Maplewood Avenue also in the dark

No power on Revere Ave. PSE&G's lack of response, attitude and unreliability is totally unacceptable.

Its a conspiracy

No power on Sommer Ave or Hubert Place even though all the streets surrounding us (Girard Pl and Park Ave are up and running...) gotta a sick kid here and REALLY getting upset

Norfolk Ave off Parker and surrounding area totally dark. I wrote to the CEO as well. This is ridiculous. Everytime we lose power after a storm, PSE&G's excuse is always due to flooding at their facilities. Can someone explain to me why they can't make their facilities flood-proof? What is so difficult about this? We go to the moon and we can't flood-proof a vital electrical facility? If they were, the crews could have gone right to work in the towns. Instead, we have to wait for substations and other facilities to be pumped, repaired and brought back on line.

Also, the fact that gas stations don't have power to pump the gas that they have in their tanks should be a crime. I heard that in places along the gulf like Florida it is mandatory. This is unacceptable. Mayor Deluca should be buying or renting generators and placing them temporarily at our gas stations.

Hi, I have sent the following message to Sen. Codey, Assemblywoman Jasey and Assemblyman McKeon:

"I want to add my voice to what I’m guessing are many that you are hearing to express grave concern that PSE&G’s power restoration plan for my community of Maplewood, NJ appears to be a moving target that is making insufficient progress toward restoring service in our community. The timetable has been changed—and substantially extended—three times in as many days and without any explanation by PSE&G for the further delays. And while a very energetic crew spent nearly 3 hours working at our intersection (Prospect and Harvard Streets, near the Tuscan School) yesterday afternoon, and left neighbors with the impression that power would be returning last night, we again spent the evening in the dark.

To the extent that your office and others can intervene with PSE&G to demand that they provide a more stable, definitive timetable and accelerate progress, it would be much appreciated.

Best regards and best wishes to you,"

So when we get this Nor'Easter on Wednesday, are we to really expect that the crews will be out restoring power in 50MPH winds? Looks to me, the power they already restored may be out again! And so the cycle begins again...this is nuts.

the crews are hardworking and lovely but the company is a disgrace. It was in the 40s in my house yesterday and the temp is only dropping. Cust Srvc reps have been rude and dismissive. Not one person had come to assess our street (Oakview) until we tracked down a guy on a neighboring street who came by after he was done there. Seeing loads of Entergy and FPL trucks in town now, but if this truly takes another 4-5 days, they better offer some compensation of some sort!

BTW - interesting note from Mr. Stocker above regarding the news that they hadn't even started diverting crews this way (per the crew person he chatted with). I did email the CEO, but have a feeling that much like my calls and tweets - it will go unanswered.

Props to Asm McKeon whose staff actually responded to an email about Maplewood's plight and offered to try to help us. Will post if I hear anything further.

ELMWOOD STILL IN THE DARK AND FREEZING!

fyi - just spoke to another lovely PSEG guy on Oakview who was guarding the downed wire/pole (took them six days to do so!) who didn't have any information but essentially INDICATED that from what he can tell (where workers are - what he's seeing on our street etc.) the power on Oakview won't be going up anytime soon. At least not in the next couple of days. He also said that they're decreasing the workers hours. Which - I get they've been working insane days, but with it going below freezing and over half of their customers in town STILL w/o power... how is that ethical?

BTW - do any local or county officials read these comments?

Out of sheer frustration I am dropping my wasted food from the frig on the doorstep of the nearest PSE&G office....... not in the best of taste but I will feel so much better. Markl

Power just went OUT on Maplewood ave in the village

Wallis ave in jersey city is dark and gloomy?

This is not how home is suppose to feel!

Three crews working hard on woodland avenue near village, replacing transformers and wires. So clearly crews are here now. They said in this area 50% chance they will repower tonight. They had to shut down village do to this work safely- village shutdown is temporary.

I sent a note to John McKeon(address below) who promptly called me back and spoke with me. I do appreciate his responsiveness.

Assembly:
John F. McKeon, Democrat
250 Main St.
Madison, NJ 07940
973-377-1606
E-mail: AsmMcKeon@njleg.org

From assemblyman Jasey:

Dear Mr. Stocker,
We are in constant communication with PSEG. On a call this morning we were told that there are over 14,000 "boots on the ground", referring to work crews from out of state that are here supplementing NJ crews. We expect power to be restored in the next day or so. Crews should not be saying what you reported as they don't have the full picture.
What can we do to help you at this point?
M Jasey

Let's all drop our food as PSEG--and send them the bills when we all get sick from being cold, and the bills from the laundromat, and eating out every day. Could we please pull the troops out from Afghanistan and bring them home to help our own people??? Please.

The "172 by Saturday" is the bottom of the barrel. What part of Maplewood is that, and why?

Power went out at 2pm on Curtis place for those lucky homes that had power. There has been no activity from PSE&G on the street despite the fact that half a tree is leaning on power cables and could come crashing down at any minute.

Does PSEG have a grudge against the Maplewood resident? It seems that way because look what's happening. Maplewood is dead last in tackling the electricity issue while all other counties are cozy and warm in their house. I wished PSEG management would not just understand what the residence without power are going through but to join the additional no power days and frustrations. I think I hear PSEG members are "aahhhiing" with great comfort because THEIR power is back on!!!! Oh how I wish we could shut off the PSEG members power line for 7 plus days!!

I apologize in advance for using this forum to just vent but I am so incredibly worried. My mom is elderly and she is taking care of my uncle who is 82 and has Parkinson's. He is not in any condition to be transferred to a relative's home or a shelter, frankly the stress of that would cause more harm than good. The temps are dropping to below zero and another storm is coming! UGH!!!!! If PSEG had not lied and just told us that Maplewood was not going to be up any time soon, I would have driven up to get them this past weekend. Now I feel like my hands are tied. I rely greatly on this site and everyone's posts to try to stay informed of the situation so thank you all for the helpful posts and updates. Thanks for letting me vent and if anyone has any updates on the Lexington Ave./Franklin Ave. area, please post.

I wonder who will be the unlucky 318 customers without power after this coming Saturday? It doesn't look pretty........PSEG should be ashamed and embarrassed!!

It will probably be us on Park Road because they wouldn't want to turn it on at the Municipal building before the rest of town, then people would be mad that they took care of their offices first. At this point, I fully expect Park Road to be dead last. We were after the October snowstorm...

No power on part of Burroughs way and other streets near Clinton school. This is night #8. At first we were told we would have power by today. Now I am seeing this new timetable that shows some ppl may still not have power by Friday. This is unacceptable. I will probably have pneumonia before my power is restored.

Does anyone have any information about Winchester Gardens? Thanks.

This is outrageous. PSE&G claims they have crews everywhere but in the past 7 days I have seen ONE JCP&L truck and ONE truck from Mississippi. That's it.

Additionally frustrating is the fact that the crew from Mississippi have nothing to do. They said they are looking for stuff to repair, but have to wait for PSE&G. In our specific case, they need to wait to replace a felled pole because PSE&G hasn't turned off the power to that pole.

For the past week, I have been in support of their efforts, making it clear that I do not know the scope of the work they are dealing with. Now, as we approach the 7 day anniversary of the loss of power, I wonder how long I would keep MY job if I ran the company so poorly.

Elberta Road still have no power!! With the upcoming new storm will PSEG crews be working? Are we looking at additional days without power? By the way it's getting colder.

All hearsay from work crews: Ridgewood is apparently a problem area with several transformers down, it may be holding up restoral for a broader area on this side. The lines on woodland are wired and "prepped for restoral" but we may be looking at Wednesday. Village still out - so restaurants on maplewood ave (and their wifi) seem to be down.

I am staying at a friend's house with electricity and heat availability in another town. I'm frustrated because I keep wasting my gas by driving home to check to see if the power is on and it hasn't.

I would be appreciated if the PSEG should inform the customers on which street is completely restored. Therefore, I would know when is time for me to go home.

Sigh...

I'm so scared. I have an elderly grandmother living with me and she can't travel long distances because of her recent surgery. My mother, father and I all work, but I had to force myself to stay home and sacrifice my two jobs and time away from school so that I can be around to take care of her. If she had electricity, she would have heat, the means to call for help and be comfortable. It really hurts me when I can visibly see her breath with my flashlight because its dropping in to the 30s at night and not be able to do anything about it with such limited resources. I sleep next to her to keep her warm, but aside from that there isn't much I can do except pray and call the phone numbers given to me by my neighbors to check unreliable timetables. I love her so much. I hope PSEG sees this comment somehow and see how much we really need the power to come back.

very struck by comment from person who would have come to get elderly family member if PSE&G had just been honest about how long it would take to restore power. Lying to customers is not good policy. Sure, we would have been angry. But at least we would have had realistic expectations. As a leader, I was trained to under-promise and over-deliver. PSE&G is over-promising and under-delivering - and lying about it to boot. This deceitful communication is what we need to present to the Governor who insists he will hold PSE&G et al accountable. What teeth does he have to do so, however?

Power just came on in Jefferson/Ridgewood area. Heather, if it hasn't come on for you, it's on the way soon, hang in there.

Complaining to PSEG is like writing a letter to Santa, but if you can hear us, company, please understand that we need communication. We can't be relying on hearsay and radio programs to learn what you already know.

Good luck all.

I call BULLSH¡T. What are these numbers based on? streets? then which ones? which residences? If they know the exact number that will be restored then they can certainly tell you EXACTLY WHERE. WE shouldn't have to guess. Do I need to drive to PA to buy a generator tomorrow?
OK, so they say that 2,100+ residences were restored today at the EOD? I don't believe it for a minute. Tell us which ones so we can confirm that they are actually doing what they told us?
Sorry- this is F'd up. They are NOT working around the clock, because I haven't seen a trace of them in Maplewood in 2 days. I did see their subcontractor driving around- but not ONE PSE&G van or utility truck. DONE.

Thank you Mike S. and Julie E. for the words of support and encouragement. Julie I entirely agree with you -- I understand things are what they are but at least if they had been honest from the get-go people could have planned accordingly. But everyday you get this false glimmer of hope "...maybe today" and before you know it another week has gone by. Thanks everyone for the updates in their posts. I will check this throughout the day to see if there are any changes.

FYI - I honestly don't think PSEG have an ounce of human compassion nor the honesty to tell the truth. Total shame on PSEG!

My entire neighborhood is still in the dark (Elmwood, Plymouth place, Essex, Oakland, etc...) including Winchester Gardens assisted and independent living for the elderly. This is beyond appalling and for the elderly inhumane. Frankly neither PSEG OR our local government have done enough!

there was reportedly an article on either 1010 or 880 indicating that some NJ town, Maplewood included, are particularly "challenged" with their power restoration because of the location of the power poles. Now I'm not clear on this, and perhaps someone can elucidate farther or confirm, but sounds sort of fishy?

New work plan from PSE&G just released. Looks like they missed Maplewood's target improvement by about 1,000 homes yesterday...

My family and neighbors just lost power this morning on Prospect Street near the SO border, after having been on throughout the storm. A friend of mine on the South Orange/Maplewood border lost power yesterday, still not back on. I hope this is temporary but really??

If this is the new plan so be it. Carolyn, is it at all possible to find out which neighborhoods will be last? Then, at least, forewarned is forearmed. We could plan accordingly.

Lower Collinwood, Upper Collinwood, South Collinwood, Crestwood, Tower Drive all still in the dark.

I live next to senior citizen building off of irvington ave and im so happy they finally have power, there lights came on last night but my street coolidge was dark and cold all night. I hope the power will b restored soon :(

11/6 - upper Oakview Ave has power not sure about the rest
Burnett Terrace has power

Any news on Midland Blvd? Elmwood seems to be back up and some of the cross streets, but nothing on Midland yet...

My mom has power on Lexington Avenue!

Plymouth Place, Essex, and the rest of Highland just came on. Hope everyone else was as lucky.

Guys at oakview and ivy/summit - fingers crossed!!!

Carolyn Maynard-Parisi - any idea for Boyd and Elberta Road? Kinda worried about water line pipes in the house. If no power this week at all and temperature falling could the pipes burst? Should I shut off the mail water line to prevent this?

Any updates today? Crew worked here at oakview all day yesterday still no heat or power. Now there are guys fixing a water line that was busted during the work yesterday. No sign of the power guys tho. Hope is dwindling...

Governor Christie should never have said to get all power restored NLT Nov 9. Why? PSEG are using this to spread their work out until the 9th. Wished the Governor had said Nov 2nd not 9th.