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Residents press Sayreville council to escalate repeated power outages to state regulators
Summary
Residents said recurring localized power failures have left neighborhoods without heat during winter storms and urged the council to involve the Board of Public Utilities and state representatives; council members agreed to escalate complaints beyond utility customer service.
Multiple Sayreville residents pressed the borough council on Feb. 9 to take stronger action after recent localized power outages and repeated brownouts.
A resident who addressed the council described years of outages concentrated in one quadrant of town and said they were not the result of storms but "negligence on the part of Jersey Central." He urged the council to bring the issue to the state Board of Public Utilities and to district and legislative officials rather than relying exclusively on…
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