What to Know
- An equipment malfunction left nearly 14,000 customers without power or hours in New Jersey on Saturday morning
- The malfunction at an East Orange substation knocked out power shortly before 6 a.m., a PSE&G spokeswoman said
- The blackout affected Newark, East Orange and Irvington
An equipment malfunction left nearly 14,000 customers without power for hours in New Jersey early Saturday, gas and electric utility PSE&G said.
The malfunction at an East Orange substation knocked out power shortly before 6 a.m., a PSE&G spokeswoman told News 4 New York.
More than 7,400 customers lost power in Newark, more than 3,400 lost power in East Orange, and more than 1,200 lost power in Irvington, according to PSE&G.
As of around 8 a.m., power had been restored to approximately 12,000 customers, and only around 1,600 were still waiting for power to be restored, the company said.
The power has since been restored to the remaining customers.
