Dive Summary:

• PA Consulting has awarded Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) the 2011 National Reliability Excellence Award, the firm's top honor.
• The utility also won the ReliabilityOne Award for the Mid-Atlantic region for the 11th straight year.
• In recognition of how it handled Hurricane Irene and an October snowstorm, PSE&G was also given the Outstanding Response to a Major Outage Event.

From the article:

New Jersey’s largest electric and gas utility also garnered an award for its response to the two major storms in 2011.

The honors were announced by PA Consulting, the industry benchmarking group that awarded PSE&G its top honor, the 2011 National Reliability Excellence Award, for “demonstrating sustained leadership, innovation and achievement in the area of electric reliability.” ...