PECO: 42,000 without power in Montgomery County
Collegeville, Lansdale areas among worst affected
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PECO reports that about 42,000 people are without power in Montgomery County this afternoon as wet, heavy snow from a bizarre mid-autumn "winter" storm has downed power lines and tree branches around the region.
PECO spokesperson Cathy Engel Menendez said that the utility has extra staff on hand to cope with the outages and expects to have its crews working "through the night and into tomorrow" to restore service.
That said, the storm is expected to continue dumping snow on the area for several more hours.
"It will get worse before it gets better," Engel Menendez said.
According to Engel Menendez, the worst-hit areas in the county were the Collegeville-Phoenixville corridor along Route 29, which had about 17,000 customers without power, and the Lansdale and North Wales area, which had about 16,000 customers without power as of 4:00pm Saturday.
Tony Di Domizio
6:17 pm on Saturday, October 29, 2011
It's important to note that Lansdale Borough has its own electric company and supplies its residents with electric. Any outages within the boundaries of Lansdale Borough do not fall on PECO.
Michelle Brown
8:12 pm on Saturday, October 29, 2011
We have been without Power since 2 pm Saturday in the Lower Providence side of Collegeville.
Gregory Bell
7:13 am on Sunday, October 30, 2011
Hey, what happened?,I'm the one who lives in Canada!
Bill Hatalski
2:40 pm on Sunday, October 30, 2011
Penn Forest Magdalena Ln - Man with CPap mask can't sleep and has become very irritable Please work harder to restore electric
Dinah
9:58 pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2011
We have power in Harleysville but home of disabled woman has a lock on thermostat put on by evil caretaker; heat turned off. @MyGrandMaHitsMe
Keith Heffintrayer
11:14 pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Dinah - Do you have an address for the woman? Have you notified the police or anyone else?
Dinah
5:53 am on Friday, November 4, 2011
Keith, she is in Lower Salford Township and the police do NOTHING. You can get the rundown on her youtube and twitter @MyGrandMaHitsMe
david aragon
2:55 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
When will the electric be restored? Lansdale on line street