Water and Ice Available to JCP&L Customers

MORRISTOWN, N.J., May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) continues to restore service to customers who lost power due to the intense thunderstorms and high winds that blew through the region late yesterday.  JCP&L expects the vast majority of the remaining 35,000 customers to be restored to service by late Thursday.

The hardest hit counties include, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren in northern New Jersey.  JCP&L is offering free water and ice to customers remaining out of service.  Customers can pick up water and ice at the following locations:

ACME:530 Rt. 515, Vernon455 Rt. 23 N, Sussex152 Rt. 94, Blairstown5774 Berkshire Valley Rd., Oak Ridge

Kings:100 Morristown Rd., Bernardsville115 Hawkins Place, Boonton393 Main Street, Chatham184 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park977 Valley Rd., Gillette88 East Main Street, Mendham191 South Street, Morristown778 Morris Turnpike, Short Hills784 Springfield Ave., Summit64 Mt. Blvd., Brady Shopping Center, Warren531 Rt. 22 and Rt. 523, Whitehouse Station

ShopRite:93 Morristown Rd., Bernardsville727 Morris Turnpike, Springfield1153 Valley Rd., Stirling641 Shunpike Rd., Chatham195 Rt. 206, Chester224 Main Street, Millburn178-190 E. Hanover Ave., Morristown1207 Rt. 22, Phillipsburg50 Rt. 513, Building D, Clinton272 Rt. 202 and Rt. 31, Flemington314 Rt. 15, Wharton Borough437 Rt. 46, Rockaway Township127 Water St., Newton100 Rt. 23, Franklin90 Bartley Rd., Flanders281 Rt. 10, Succasunna75 Rt. 46, NetcongRt. 57 and Allen St., Hackettstown90 Rt. 206, Stanhope2555 Pennington Rd, Pennington3166 Rt. 22, Somerville

Weis Market293 Rt. 206, Mt. Olive Township

JCP&L reminds customers to report outages by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS (888-544-4877) or by clicking the "Report Outage" link at www.jcp-l.com.  For updated outage information, visit the 24/7 Power Center at www.firstenergycorp.com/outages.

Follow JCP&L on Twitter @JCP_L, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JCPandL, or online at www.jcp-l.com.

JCP&L is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE).  JCP&L serves 1.1 million New Jersey customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. 

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SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.