PECO: Power Restored by Weekend

MONDAY UPDATE:

As of 5 p.m. there were 177 PECO customers in Horsham without power, which is 1.6 percent of the township.

As of 10:30 a.m., there were 193 PECO customers in Horsham without power, which is about 1.8 percent of the township, according to Township Manager Bill Walker.

SUNDAY UPDATE: 

As of 3 p.m. there were 235 PECO customers in Horsham without power, which is 2 percent of the township, according to Horsham Township Manager Bill Walker.

SATURDAY UPDATE:

As os 8:25 a.m. Saturday 328 Horsham households were without power, which is 3 percent of the township, according to Horsham Township Manager Bill Walker.

Area residents without power have reached the homestretch of a life without modern-day conveniences, an official said.

PECO told Patch Thursday night that of the 850,000 customers impacted by power outages in the Hurricane Sandy aftermath, all but 25 percent had been restored. The bulk of the remaining outages are in Bucks and Montgomery counties where 110,000 and 68,000 people, respectively, are still without power. 

Of those without power, PECO said 80 to 90 percent would have power restored by midnight Friday and the remainder would have power restored over the weekend. 

Locally, 3,165 Horsham households – or 29 percent of the township’s population – were still without power as of 7:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Township Manager Bill Walker. 

As of 6:30 a.m. Friday, there were 2,752 PECO customers without power, which is 25 percent of the township, according to Walker. 

As of noon on Friday there were 2,085 PECO customers in Horsham without power, which is 19 percent of the township, he said. 

In Hatboro, about 50 residents were without power, according to Assistant Borough Secretary Diane Hegele.