Preparations Underway for Remnants of Tropical Storm Debby

JCP&L personnel are prepared to respond to potential service interruptions caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, which is forecast to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to New Jersey. Company meteorologists have been tracking the storm for several days.

JCP&L is implementing their storm response plan, which includes:
 

• Implementing 16-hour-shifts for storm personnel with around-the-clock coverage, including line, substation and forestry personnel.
• Staffing additional internal operators, damage assessors and analysts at distribution control centers to assist with high volumes of outage calls.
• The deployment of an additional 150 contractor crews.
• Flood mitigation measures have been tested and enacted at substations in flood-prone areas.

The attached media release that includes more information on our preparation and a video of utility personnel discussing the impact of windstorms on equipment and restoration efforts.

In the event outages occur due to severe weather, customers without power are encouraged to report their outage by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877), clicking the “Report Outage” link on https://link.edgepilot.com/s/06b871fd/gDbEvjFS50yZ3h7ZL6Gs8Q?u=http://www.firstenergycorp.com/, or by texting out to 544487.