-- PSE&G crews are working to restore power to about 156 customers who remain without electricity due to last night's strong thunderstorms. Since the storm began, the utility has restored service to more than 60,000 customers impacted by the heavy rain, strong winds and lightning.

-- PSE&G will have extra personnel on hand tonight through the holiday tomorrow to respond to any outages as a result of another round of strong storms predicted for later tonight into Friday.

-- 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.

-- PSE&G restored more than 50,000 customers who lost power when damaging thunderstorms swept through the state last night.

-- 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.

-- The Outage Map is part of PSE&G's Storm Center, an online portal for customers to get information about how they should prepare before, during and after severe weather. The Outage Map is updated every 15 minutes and will be updated during storms with special alerts and highlight the location of mobile Customer Service Centers. To view the Outage Map, go to www.pseg.com/outagecenter.

-- To report power outages, customers should call PSE&G's Customer Service line at 1-800-436-PSEG or log in to My Account on www.pseg.com. Customers also can register for text and email alerts at www.pseg.com/myaccount.

-- Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/psegdelivers.

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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