Millions Still Waiting for Power

Oct 30, 2011; 11:15 AM ET

The lights —and more importantly, the heat— are still out for hundreds of thousands of homes throughout the Tri-State and New England areas. Most report having had no power since yesterday afternoon. Downed trees and power lines as well as icy roads continue to delay the recovery process.

The good news: Temperatures will rise into the mid-40s and 50s today for most of this region, according to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards.

The bad news: Edwards said these numbers are still about 15 degrees below normal. Also, melting snow causes concern for re-freezing when temperatures dip at night, which causes black ice.

AccuWeather.com collected the following power outage information for the following states:

NEW JERSEY

-PSE&G reports that 271,000 customers are still without power as of 8:30 a.m., Sunday. Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Union and Middlesex are the most affected counties. The company says full restoration may not be completed until Wednesday.

-Jersey Central Power & Light reports 248,221 customers are without power as of 9:11 a.m., Sunday. The majority of these outages affect northern and central New Jersey.

MASSACHUSETTS

-Massachusetts Electric of National Grid say 354,914 customers are currently affected and 1,646 have active outages as of 9:04 a.m., Sunday. At the storms peak, nearly 400,000 homes were without power.

-Western Massachusetts Electric reports 124,827 customers are still affected as of 9:07 a.m., Sunday.

-Peabody Municipal Light Plant posted on its website that there are still many outages, but the company did not provide any numbers.

CONNECTICUT

-Connecticut Light & Power reports 767,438 customers are still affected as of 9:38 a.m., Sunday.

-United Illuminating Company says the power is currently out for 17,311 customers as of 9:40 a.m., Sunday.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

-Public Service of New Hampshire estimates 227,870 customers are still affected as of 9:32 a.m., Sunday.

UPSTATE NEW YORK

-National Grid reports 13,687 customers are affected, and 249 have “active outages” as of 9:34 a.m., Sunday.

ALSO…

-NSTAR, which serves the New England area, says 114,000 customers are still without power as of about 9:30 a.m., Sunday.

N.J. State Route 10 Saturday night. Photo by Amy Nussbaum.

by Erica Brecher, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer