White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Astorino Again Assures Public Con Ed Resources Are Not Being Diverted Elsewhere

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. Special to WPCNR From the Westchester County Department of Communications. November 1, 2012 4:10 P.M. UPDATED 6:30 P.M. E.D.T.: Despite suspicions raised by rumor and frustrated officials, Consolidated Edison officials have assured the county, it is not being shortchanged on crews. The Westchester Department of Communications advised WPCNR at 4:10 P.M.: "County Executive Robert P. Astorino spoke directly today with Con Edison President Craig Ivey to ensure that the utility is doing everything possible to restore power to its customers in Westchester. He has been assured that Con Ed is NOT diverting resources from our area. The situation in NYC and that of Westchester are very different and have different kinds of crews. For NYC, it is people who deal with underground; for Westchester, where most of our lines are above ground, it is of course different. Con Ed is bringing in more crews to Westchester from throughout the nation, as far away as California. Con Ed continues to first focus on public safety.. next is to get schools back on line (about 132 were without power earlier today) and then to get all our polling places on line. Astorino said Con Edison’s immediate priorities include restoring power to hospitals, schools, nursing homes and municipal water and sewer systems – many operating currently on generators. The utility, he said, is also working to ensure there is power at locations being used as polling places in next week’s presidential election. Con Edison also told Astorino that it had reopened 200 roads that were blocked by trees that took down power lines and has 600 more to do in Westchester. The county also has 132 schools without power that are served Con Edison. The utility’s goal is to get power back to those schools so they can reopen by Monday, local road conditions permitting. By the way, the county executive doesn't have power either. He understands the frustration that residents and businesses have. He will, needless to say, stay on top of making sure that Con Ed is indeed doing what it says it is doing. This is however the largest electrical outage every experienced in Westchester."


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