Dive Summary:

• Customers in Sussex County, New Jersey are trying to switch from Jersey Central Power (JCP&L) & Light to Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative (SRE).
• The reason for the potential switch is extended outages in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, frustration that a JCP&L spokesman said he understands even though he would not comment on the provider switch.
• SRE spokesman Tom Tate said the cooperative would be happy to take on the extra customers, but that a territory shift such as this would be a long shot.

From the article:

Now that the lights are back on, residents in the northeast portion of Sussex County are renewing efforts to boot out Jersey Central Power & Light in favor of Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative, but the switch may not be that simple.

Hurricane Sandy left almost all of Sussex County in the dark on Oct. 29, but within about a week Sussex Rural Electric, a smaller electric cooperative, had its customers back up, while it took JCP&L, the larger power company that serves about 6 million customers, just shy of two weeks. ...