-- Tonight's severe thunderstorms brought down trees and power lines throughout PSE&G's service territory, interrupting service to about 39,000 customers. Most of the outages - about 33,000 - are in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties.

-- PSE&G crews will work through the night to restore power with full restoration expected late tomorrow.

-- To see the number of outages by county and municipality, select the Summary tab then the Outage by County-Municipality link at www.pseg.com/outagecenter.

-- Customers can more easily track the status of power outages using PSE&G's enhanced Outage map, which provides more detailed information about outages and when power will be restored. Customers can now log on to see:

  • The location of the outage at the neighborhood level.
  • The number of customers affected by the outage.
  • When the outage was reported, and the time PSE&G expects service to be restored.
  • The cause of the outage, if available, such as equipment failure or animal contact.
  • During storms, the status of the job in the restoration process - whether crews are assessing the outage, making repairs or removing a tree.

-- Customers without power are encouraged to report their outage to PSE&G at 1-800-436-PSEG (7734) or by logging into MyAccount on pseg.com.

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).

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