Category: Public Info

(NEWARK, NJ – Feb. 12, 2014) Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest electric and gas utility, is preparing for the approaching winter storm system expected to hit the region tomorrow morning through Friday morning, bringing with it snow and a wintry mix.

Up to a foot of snow accumulation is possible in some areas. While snow usually isn’t an issue for utilities, the possibility of sleet and freezing rain can increase the likelihood of downed wires and resulting power outages. Vehicles striking utility poles can also cause wires to come down.

In anticipation of the storm, PSE&G is ensuring that all available personnel are ready to respond beginning tonight. The utility is also arranging for contractors, including tree crews, to assist the utility’s own skilled workforce, and ensuring that additional supplies such as poles and transformers are on hand.

PSE&G offers the following tips to customers to prepare:

• Charge your cell phones, tablets and other mobile devices.
• Fill up your car’s fuel tank.
• Ensure you have a battery-powered radio and a supply of fresh batteries.
• Check your supply of flashlights, blankets, nonperishable food and bottled water for everyone in your family.
• Put your refrigerator and freezer at the coldest setting. Keep a blanket handy to throw over these appliances for added insulation. If electricity is interrupted, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible.
• Sign up for MyAccount at www.pseg.com and bookmark the mobile-friendly homepage on your smart phone so it’s easy to report outages and check restoration progress.
• Compile a list of emergency phone numbers, including PSE&G’s Customer Service line: 1-800-436-PSEG. Call this number to report power outages or downed wires.

Accumulation of ice and heavy snow may weigh down power lines and as a result cause power lines to come down. PSE&G urges its customers to be cautious if they see downed lines. Downed wires may appear dead but should always be considered “live.” Do not approach or drive over a downed line and do not touch anything that it might be in contact with.

To report downed wires or power outages, customers should call PSE&G’s Customer Service line at 1-800-436-PSEG. Customers with a handheld device, or who are at an alternate location with power, can also report power outages and view the status of their outage by logging in to My Account on www.pseg.com, PSE&G’s mobile-friendly website.

General outage activity throughout our service territory is available online at www.pseg.com/outagecenter and updates are posted on www.pseg.com during severe weather.

The utility’s Twitter and Facebook pages also keep the public informed about our restoration progress. Sign up as a follower at http://www.twitter.com/psegdelivers andwww.facebook.com/pseg to monitor restoration progress. Customers also can register for text and email alerts at www.pseg.com/myaccount.

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).

(From left) Union County Freeholders Angel G. Estrada, Linda Carter and Alexander Mirabella present Kenilworth Fire Chief Lou Giordano (2nd L) with a resolution thanking the department for actively participating in the 2013 Union County Holiday Gift Giving Drive that benefitted families throughout the county. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

(From left) Union County Freeholders Angel G. Estrada, Linda Carter and Alexander Mirabella present Del Orallo (2nd L), the Service and Training Manager of the Old Navy Store in Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, with a resolution thanking him and his staff for actively participating in the 2013 Union County Holiday Gift Giving Drive that benefitted families throughout the county. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

Union County Freeholders Angel G. Estrada (L), Linda Carter (2nd R) and Alexander Mirabella (L) present Jessica and Paul Watterson and their children with a resolution thanking them for actively participating in the 2013 Union County Holiday Gift Giving Drive that benefitted families throughout the county. The Watterson’s are the proprietors of Nick’s Pizza and Deli in Fanwood. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

(From left) Union County Freeholders Angel G. Estrada, Linda Carter, Alexander Mirabella and Bette Jane Kowalski present Cranford Fire Lt. Dean Russamano (2nd L) with a resolution thanking the department for actively participating in the 2013 Union County Holiday Gift Giving Drive that benefitted families throughout the county. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

Union County Freeholder Chairman Christopher Hudak (R) and Freeholders Linda Carter (L) and Bette Jane Kowalski (2nd R) congratulate Melissa Tobie of Elizabeth on receiving the Joseph R. Lombardi Memorial Award and Rob Smorol of Clark on receiving the Chris Zusi Memorial Award at the Union County Baseball Association’s 78th Annual Hot Stove League Baseball Dinner on February 9 in Mountainside. Tobie was honored for being an outstanding athlete in basketball at Roselle Catholic and at Montclair State University. Smorol was honored for being an outstanding athlete in baseball at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark and at Rutgers University. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

(From left) Union County Freeholder Chairman Christopher Hudak and Freeholders Linda Carter and Bette Jane Kowalski present resolutions to Leroy Horn, Jim Jeskey, Alfred Faella, Larry Caroselli and Al Volpe congratulating them on being inducted into the Union County Baseball Hall of Fame at the Union County Baseball Association’s 78th Annual Hot Stove League Baseball Dinner on February 9 in Mountainside. They are joined by Jim Iozzi, president of Union County Baseball Association. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

(From left) Union County Freeholder Vice Chairman Mohamed Jalloh and Freeholders Vernell Wright, Linda Carter, Sergio Granados and Bruce Bergen present the Chester Holmes Humanitarian Award to Leslie A. Anderson of Plainfield. Anderson, Executive Director of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, received the honor during the Second Annual Union County Black History Month Celebration on February 7 at Kean University in Union. The Freeholder Board created the award in honor of the late former Freeholder Chester Holmes.  (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

Union County Freeholder Vice Chairman Mohamed Jalloh (2nd R) and (from left) Freeholders Sergio Granados, Vernell Wright, Linda Carter and Bruce Bergen present a resolution to Pastor Therman E. Evans, M.D. , Ph.D. (3rd L) in honor of the Black History Month. Pastor Evans of Morning Star Community Christian Center in Linden was the keynote speaker at Second Annual Union County Black History Month Celebration on February 7 at Kean University in Union.  (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

ELIZABETH, NJ – In celebration of Black History Month and New Jersey’s 350th birthday, the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs in the Department of Parks and Recreation invites you to attend a free program, “America’s Forgotten African American Patriots in the American Revolution,” presented by Marion T. Lane, Ed.D. Sponsored by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the event will appropriately be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth (Old First), 42 Broad Street at Caldwell Place, Elizabeth, New Jersey, on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. “Old First” was home to the first English-speaking congregation established in New Jersey.

Dr. Lane is the author of “Patriots of African Descent in the Revolutionary War, Part 1,” a colorfully illustrated book that opens the eyes of the young reader (ages 8 and up) to the roles people of color played in the American Revolution. She is one of the few African American members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the National Gavel Society. Dr. Lane serves as the National President of the Society of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge and is on the Board of Valley Forge National Historic Park. Her book will be available for purchase and signing following the program.

As a complement to this event, members of the DAR from the Crane’s Ford Chapter of Cranford and the Westfield Chapter will have on display original documents and items from their respective collections and answer questions about their organization.

Self-guided tours of the Church’s adjacent American Revolutionary Burial Ground are encouraged. The cemetery has over 2,100 grave sites spanning four centuries. It is the final resting place of Jonathan Dickinson, founder of Princeton University; Shepherd Kollock, founder of New Jersey’s first newspaper; and Rev. James Caldwell, Church pastor and Army Chaplain during the Revolutionary War, and his wife, Hannah Caldwell, both of whom were killed during the Revolution. Her death is depicted on the official Union County seal.

The Feb. 15th event is free and open to the public. Limited on-street parking is available. Paid parking is available at the J. Christian Bollwage Parking Garage near the church at the corner of Caldwell Place and Elizabethtown Plaza. For more information, please call the Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs at 908-558-2550 weekdays.

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