Co Edison Crews Mobilize for heavy Rain and Wind As Nor’easter Approuches

Con Edison is mobilized to respond to any service problems caused by the powerful winds and rain of the approaching Nor’easter expected to hit the area beginning tonight.

The heavy rainfall, areas of saturated soil and wind gusts expected to reach 50 miles per hour can cause trees and branches to fall onto power lines and bring those lines down, causing customers to lose service and creating a safety hazard.

The company urges members of the public to stay safe. Stay away from downed wires. They may be live.

The company is activating over 300 outside workers to augment efforts. 

Restoration Plan

The priority for restoration will be critical customer facilities that have an impact on the public, such as mass transit, hospitals, police and fire stations, and sewage and water-pumping stations. 

Crews will then prioritize repairs that will provide power to the largest numbers of customers as quickly as possible, then move on to restore smaller groups and individual customers.

How to Report an Outage

Customers can sign up for text alerts at coned.com/text. Customers can also report outages and check service restoration status at conEd.com/reportoutage, with Con Edison’s mobile app for iOS or Android devices, or by calling 1-800-752-6633. 

Customers who report outages will receive updates from Con Edison with their estimated restoration times as they become available. Information on outages and restoration times is also available at the Con Edison outage map.

Text messages will be sent to customers in areas forecasted to be hardest hit by this storm.