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10 YEARS AFTER SANDY, PSE&G READIES FOR EXTRA HURRICANES
June 10, 2022
Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) – reportedly New Jersey's largest utility
– is well prepared to support customers and the state for what experts say could
be another very active hurricane season, the IOU said yesterday, noting it was
10 years after Superstorm Sandy. That storm raged across the East Coast and
PSE&G continues to protect customers' utility service from the damaging impact
of extreme weather by strengthening and upgrading its infrastructure, it added.
This work contributed to the utility's customers experiencing fewer outages and
the utility achieving strong reliability performances for 2021, one of the best
in the last 10 years as measured by the average number of customers who
experienced outages lasting over five minutes in 2021 – a key reliability metric
in the industry, the firm said.
The $4.8 billion investment in infrastructure strengthening and modernization
programs, portions of which are still in progress, spans the utility's programs
Energy Strong I and II and Gas System Modernization Program I and II. It
includes raising, rebuilding, eliminating, and equipment upgrades at 26
stations, many of which were damaged by flooding during Sandy.
PSE&G also installed smart grid technologies, replaced close to 2,000 miles of
aging gas lines, and added digital and other technologies to make the network
more intelligent and agile. The benefits of this work to customers was seen last
year when Tropical Storm Ida brought historic flooding to most of the utility's
service territory, it added.
Ida and its remnants caused over $75 billion in damage nationwide, surpassing
the damage caused by Sandy in 2012, the firm said. Its infrastructure "stood
strong," as 215,000 customers lost power compared to over 2 million who suffered
lengthy outages in Sandy.
By replacing and modernizing low-pressure cast iron gas mains in or near flood
areas, the firm protected 90,000 customers from risk of losing gas service due
to flooding.
"During Superstorm Sandy, I was one of the South Hoboken Commanders for the
Hoboken Police Dept," said City of Hoboken Director of Public Safety Kenneth
Ferrante in prepared remarks. "The western half of the city was under at least
six feet of water, which included the PSE&G Marshall Street Substation," he
added.
"Our entire city was without power for a week, creating dangerous situations for
every resident and every first responder. Over the past 10 years, as OEM
coordinator, police chief, and now public safety director for Hoboken, I have
witnessed PSE&G's critical commitment to improving infrastructure.
"From working with the city to relocate and elevate our main substation out of
the flood zone to integrating upgraded cables and stronger poles, PSE&G has been
an invaluable partner in making our community safer and more resilient,"
Ferrante said. "PSE&G's commitment to working with our city government brought
Hoboken to a place where there was not one power outage during either Ida or
Hurricane Henri.
"When major storms bring little negative impact, residents stay safe and get
back to their normal routines much sooner," he added.
PSE&G upgraded lines and installed more redundant circuits so that if a portion
of a line gets damaged, the firm can prevent an outage by using another
electrical pathway. These improvements and upgrades let power be restored
quicker, especially for critical facilities.
In the areas served by new infrastructure, critical facilities like hospitals,
water treatment plants, and other essential providers of health and safety
services had their outage times dramatically reduced, the firm said.
"We're expecting this hurricane season to be another busy, potentially dangerous
one with more major storms, so we urge customers to make plans and prepare now,"
said PSE&G Chief Operating Officer Kim Hanemann. "The work we began a decade ago
is paying off. Fewer customers are experiencing outages and when they do occur,
we can restore power more quickly.
"Continuing these investments to protect our customers from extreme weather is
fundamental to our Powering Progress vision of a future where people use less
energy – and it's cleaner, safer, and delivered more reliably than ever."
Colorado State University meteorologists predicted 20 named storms this year
including four major hurricanes, well above average activity, the firm said.
Twenty-one named storms formed last year, making it the sixth consecutive year
of above-average hurricane activity, it added.
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