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Monday, December 17, 2012

Officials Want to Hear JCP&L Horror Stories Monday

Mayor Chris Vergano wants to hear residents' complaints and stories regarding the power utility.

Mayor Chris Vergano is hosting a meeting Monday to discuss with residents their negative experiences with Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) during and after Tropical Storm Sandy. The informal meeting will be held 8 p.m. in the council chamber in the municipal building. Vergano and township attorney Matthew Giacobbe will attend the meeting. Officials plan on filling a complaint with the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to get JCP&L’s license to sell power in Wayne revoked. Residents will have a chance to sign the complaint at the meeting.  “Our goal is to file a complaint not just as the township of Wayne but the township plus all the residents named individually to try and get our point across,” Vergano said. JCP&L provides power …

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Tony Amato

11:49 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012

I couldn't agree more! The tree that took out my neighborhood had been called about several times. The town just blew us off. If the town cares as much as they say they might listen to its residents.   more ›

Thursday, December 6, 2012

JCP&L Rate Hike Should Be Denied, Senator Urges BPU

State Sen. Kevin O'Toole calls utility's request 'insulting' at Trenton hearing Wednesday.

State Sen. Kevin O’Toole (R-40th District) told Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) officials Wednesday morning their request for a $31.5-million rate hike following Hurricane Sandy was “insulting.” O’Toole, speaking at a state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) hearing in Trenton to discuss the rate hike, told Patch during a short recess he was given the opportunity to directly address JCP&L President Donald Lynch about the utilities response to the storm and “what went right and what went wrong.” “I told him it (the proposed rate increase) was insulting,” said O'Toole. “We critiqued as to why it was necessary and I said that perhaps it would be wise to keep money for the repairs from New Jersey in New Jersey” and not place the money in the…

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