All in Queens Have Power Now, Con Ed Says
By JAMES BARRON
Consolidated Edison said early this morning that it had restored electricity to all the customers who endured a blackout in an eight-square-mile chunk of northwest Queens for more than a week.
And Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg detailed a new agreement between Con Edison and the city to expedite the processing of claims for spoiled food and medicine and to help Queens businesses recover.
Joy Faber, a spokeswoman for the company, told The Associated Press that some customers in the area may still experience low voltage or occasional outages.
Con Ed has estimated that at its worst, the blackout affected about 25,000 customers, but a “customer,” to the utility company, can be anything from a one-family house to a large apartment building.
The rule of thumb is to figure that there are four people for every “customer,” so at the height of the blackout 100,000 people were without lights, elevators and air-conditioning during one of the hottest weeks of the year.
“Today, even as we continue some of our short-term emergency response efforts, we are beginning to offer long-term assistance and support for Queens residents and businesses that suffered through the power outage,” Mr. Bloomberg said in a statement today.
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