Dive Summary:
- Butler Power & Light (BP&L) may see an increase in customers as a result of Hurricane Sandy and the problems larger utilities had restoring power.
- BP&L is a 21-man, municipally owned utility that currently serves 12,000 customers; the company lost power during Sandy, but recovered power within 47 hours.
- Before the changes can be made, however, the state's Board of Public Utilities would have to rule on which power companies can operate where.
From the article:
Due to the flaws in the electrical grid exposed by Hurricane Sandy, power utilities have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in the past few weeks. One, however, has received so many plaudits for its conduct that it might even see an increase in customers as a result — as long as the Board of Public Utilities allows it.
Butler Power & Light (BP&L), the 21-man, municipally-owned utility that serves 12,000 customers in Butler, Kinnelon, and West Milford, saw the worst of Sandy but weathered the storm a bit better than its larger compatriots, some of whom had customers out of power for as long as two weeks. ...
