Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Do you think the utility deserves an award for its response to Hurricane Sandy?
This month, Orange & Rockland, the utility that serves customers in Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff, was granted an industry award commending its response to Hurricane Sandy. O&R received the Edison Electric Institute 2012 Emergency Recovery Award, the utility announced on its website Jan. 10. Con Edison also received the award. The two are sister companies. The annual award is given to one of the organization’s members who “puts forth an outstanding effort,” after a sustained power outage in its service area, a release on the award said. A panel of judges chose O&R after considering a line-up of nominee across the country and world. “We can all be justifiably proud of the excellent response by the industry,” EEI spokesperson Brian Farrell said…
Monday, November 12, 2012
How did the Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland do in the face of this "unprecedented disaster?"
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Throughout Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath in Wyckoff, township officials kept in contact with PSE&G and Orange & Rockland, the borough website and a new OEM Facebook page to keep in contact with residents. Oakland and Franklin Lakes used similar methods to keep in touch with an anachronistically isolated citizenry. Throughout the storm, officials commended the work of emergency responders, and online resources such as the municipal web pages became integral tools for important updates on power outages, dry ice distributions, school closings and more. Many Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes residents went without power for an extraordinary amount of time — up to 12 days for those in the most extreme cases — and many of the township's businesses …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
In an email message to Franklin Lakes residents the mayor recognized utility companies and emergency responders
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Franklin Lakes Mayor Frank Bivona told borough residents on Friday that all across town power was back, almost two weeks after Hurricane Sandy ripped through our area. Here's his message, in full: At this time, we believe that power has been restored to all residents, except for three homes for which O&R crews have been assigned for tonight. A few were lucky and never lost power, some were fortunate to have power restored in just a few days, but the vast majority of residents were without power for 7 to 11 days! I won't get into the performance of O&R, that will be addressed another day. However, I would be remiss if I didn't mention our friends at Georgia Power. Without the leadership of our O&R restoration coordinator the last three…
Friday, November 9, 2012
Township residents — as well as some in Midland Park and Allendale — experienced a two-hour outage on Friday night
Power went out in parts of Wyckoff, Midland Park and Allendale Friday night for about two hours after an equipment problem in Allendale, according to officials. The cause of the problem reportedly was an equipment switch malfunction near the intersection of West Crescent and Brookside avenues in Allendale, according to Wyckoff Mayor Chris DePhillips. The issue was first reported around 5:30 p.m. Friday, and power was reported by for all affected areas by approximately 7:30 p.m. The black out struck in Wyckoff at Boulder Run, sections of Russell Avenue, the Central Business District and parts of the township near McFaul Environmental Center. Power also went out around the area of the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Goffle Road in Midland …
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Eleven days after Hurricane Sandy toppled trees and severed branches, knocking out power for more than 90 percent of the township, everyone in Wyckoff has power again, representatives from PSE&G and Orange & Rockland are telling officials here. The Wyckoff Office of Emergency Management Friday told residents that despite the claims of the energy companies, "The Township of Wyckoff has no independent way to confirm this information, other than have residents contact us if they remain without power." The OEM suggests that residents without power contact the Wyckoff Police Department at 201-891-2121, as well as their electricity provider: A police officer will respond to your home to assist in determining the specific problem that needs to be…
Frank Bivona said utilities were on track to have power restored for most residents before Saturday
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Franklin Lakes is on track to have power back to most borough residents Friday, 11 days after Hurricane Sandy had its way with Northern New Jersey. "The job is not done," Mayor Frank Bivona wrote Thursday evening. "The last two days we have a person from O&R onsite directing crews which was a tremendous help." The mayor told residents that Wednesday's nor'easter hadn't set restoration efforts back substantially. Georgia Power crews were headed out of Franklin Lakes overnight Thursday and being replaced by Orange & Rockland crews that would be addressing two remaining outage areas. "Although we cannot guaranty that those final two areas will get power tonight, it should be [Friday] at the latest," Bivona said. The mayor claimed that …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Additional, brief, outages were reported on Wednesday afternoon in a large section of Wyckoff east of Route 208.
Lights have gone back on for nearly 90 percent of Wyckoff, but an approaching stormfront could spell trouble for township residents just reacclimatizing to life in the 21st century. As of Monday morning, approximately 85 to 90 percent of residents have power again after Hurricane Sandy, Wyckoff Mayor Chris DePhillips said in a message to residents Wednesday. "I continue to press PSE&G and Orange & Rockland, and the presidents of those companies, to get the job done and get power restored to all 17,000 of our residents," DePhillips said. "I have urged the utilities in the strongest possible terms to keep crews coming into Wyckoff to move us from 85 percent to 90 percent restoration to 100 percent restoration." But a winter weather …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
DePhillips: "They need to explain why things are taking so long, and why things are moving at a snail's pace."
In Wyckoff, where it is estimated that more than 3,000 families are still without power Sunday, the township's mayor expressed his lingering frustration with the response of utility companies. Anger boiled over Saturday when the New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office released a timetable revealing several utility companies' forecasts for restoring power across the state. The township was listed on the timetable, which included only a timetable for PSE&G but not Orange & Rockland, but no restoration plans were revealed. "This is outrageous," DePhillips said Sunday afternoon. "You can't not have crews here when people are freezing in their homes." In an interview with Chris DePhillips Sunday, the mayor revealed that he had heard on Saturday…
Saturday, November 3, 2012
"The response [from Orange & Rockland] is slow and the results are not good enough," the mayor told residents Saturday.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Nearly a full week after Hurricane Sandy sank households across New Jersey into darkness, many Franklin Lakes residents are frustrated over being still without power. Mayor Frank Bivona wrote to borough residents Saturday in an effort to assuage worries that utility companies were ignoring their needs here. "I have heard from many of you and I understand what you're going through since I live in the same community, without power, heat and water," Bivona wrote in a town-wide email blast. "I can assure you that the borough and many, many volunteers are working very hard for you day and night. "As for Orange & Rockland, many of you feel that they have not been up to the task," Bivona said. "I would agree. The response is slow and the results…
Monday, October 29, 2012
Mayor Frank Bivona: "It is critical that residents stay safe by staying home. If you can, don't go to work in the morning."
Nearly all of Franklin Lakes is in the dark right now, according to Franklin Lakes Mayor Frank Bivona. Bivona received word from Orange & Rockland that nearly 75 percent of borough homes are without power. "Trees, branches, utility poles and power lines are down in many areas of town, with roads blocked and impassable," Bivona told residents. "At this time, it is critical that residents stay safe by staying home. If you can, don't go to work in the morning. The roads are hazardous. Keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles." The mayor provided several safety tips to Franklin Lakes residents If you experience a power outage, don't assume that Orange & Rockland automatically knows about it or that someone else will report it. To be sure …
JMC
10:19 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
What a joke!!!!! They are the absolute WORST!!!!!! more ›