Dive Summary:

• A crew of Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) line technicians that have been helping utilities in West Virginia and New Jersey since Hurricane Sandy has been sent home.
• The crew of 16 linemen were released from their work with Jersey Central Power & Light; the team worked 16-hour days with mandatory eight-hour sleep shifts while assigned to restoration duty.
• The first assignment for the crew was on October 31 in West Virginia helping to restore power to customers of Appalachian Power Co.

From the article:

Line technicians from Nebraska Public Power District returnied from the east coast after two weeks of assisting electric utilities in West Virginia and New Jersey restore electricity to areas hit by Hurricane Sandy.

The NPPD crew, made up of 16 line technicians, were released from their work with Jersey Central Power & Light, and then began the long-trek home Monday, November 12, and are expected back by mid-week. ...