Dive Summary:
- Consolidated Edison has restored power to 80% of its customers affected by Hurricane Sandy.
- The utility company is concerned that powered restoration efforts will be delayed by another storm due on Wednesday.
- A total of 167,000 Consolidated Edison customers are still without power — 72,000 customers in Westchester Country and 95,000 in the greater New York City area.
From the article:
"Consolidated Edison says power has been restored to nearly 80 percent of its customers who were blacked out in the storm. But efforts to get the rest back on line could be hampered by more wet, windy weather expected to hit the coast Wednesday.
Early forecasts were predicting a chance of rain and wind gusts of up to 50 mph. ..."