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Some 13,000 customers were restored overnight with approximately 30,000 customers without service as of 8:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 8, said Joe Jenkins, spokesman for Central Hudson.
The majority of outages are located in Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties:
- Columbia County: 280 customers impacted
- Dutchess County: 13,790 customers impacted
- Greene County: 100 customers impacted
- Orange County: 2,980 customers impacted
- Putnam County: 230 customers impacted
- Sullivan County: 500 customers impacted
- Ulster County: 12,460 customers impacted
“Our crews are in the field and making repairs as safely and efficiently as possible after last night’s severe thunderstorms,” said Ryan Hawthorne, vice president of Electric Engineering and Operations. “In addition to our internal and local contracting crews, we have secured an additional 150 mutual aid line workers who will be arriving later today to help expedite repairs. With nearly 600 individual outage locations to address, we expect restoration efforts in the most heavily impacted areas to extend into the weekend.”
Current forecasts are calling for potential storms again on Friday afternoon and evening that could cause additional outages in the area.
Central Hudson has procured dry ice and bottled water for distribution Friday to customers who have been impacted by this storm. Times and locations for distribution will be sent out once they are finalized.
Residents are advised to exercise an abundance of caution around downed power lines by staying at least 30 feet away and remember that downed lines can become entangled and hidden in fallen limbs. Residents should also remember to assume any downed power lines are live.
Customers can stay informed of storm and restoration conditions in the following ways:
- By text messaging: Customers should enroll in Central Hudson’s Texting Program to use text messaging to report their power condition and to obtain repair status. To enroll, visit CentralHudson.com/Alerts or text REG to 236483;
- On the Web: Visit CentralHudson.com/Storms to report outages and obtain restoration updates;
- Via smartphones: A mobile version of Central Hudson’s website can be accessed at https://mobile.CenHud.com. Updated free Central Hudson mobile applications are available at www.cenhud.com/mobileapp;
- By phone: Call the Central Hudson PowerLine at 845-452-2700 or 1-800-527-2714.
If a member of your household needs electricity to operate life-sustaining equipment, please contact customer service at 845-452-2700.
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