It's hard overstate the impact of Superstorm Sandy on utilities and the general public in the Northeast this week. Among biggest stories to emerge were the blackouts in New York, the explosion at a Consolidated Edison substation and horrific damage in New Jersey.

Here's what attracted the most attention on Utility Dive this week as readers kept up with the developing situations: 

• Con Ed substation experiences explosion, Manhattan power restoration could take a week—A quarter-million lost power due to the substation incident alone, which is still under investigation.
• After Hurricane Sandy: 18 updating outage maps to watch—Hurricane Sandy knocked out power all along the Eastern Seaboard, and these are the maps to watch as repairmen get to work in New York, North Carolina and elsewhere.
• Estimates suggest Hurricane Sandy outages could affect 10 million homes—Utilities up and down the east coast are anticipating lengthy power outages for their customers.
• Monday night Hurricane Sandy outage report roundup—As of Monday night, Hurricane Sandy was still hammering the Northeast, with more than three million customers left without power. Here's the breakdown with links to updating resources.
• Barclays threatened with $470M fine over alleged energy market manipulation—Barclays intends to challenge the fine, and the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will allow the bank 30 days to make its case.

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