They estimated 90% of customers would see their power restored by midnight Friday. How far off the mark did they fall?

My 87-year-old dad is still without power, and living like a nomad. He's had no information from PECO. I just called the outage line and they said his power would be restored by Nov. 6. Seriously, PECO?

You reported that Colonial Greene had power restored. WRONG. Only some people have it back and there are some that never lost it at all. How does that happen? And whenever I call PECO they give me different, incorrect restore times. AARRRGGGHHHH!!

Cactus rd and curry hill road has 16 homes no power! Many elderly and pets! We need you peco! We are freezing and in the dark!

I'm sorry people, have you seen the damage? Drive down Worthington in Warminster and look at the poles. Be patient and give them a break. I haven't had power since Monday like most of you, but the first thing we did yesterday when some tired guys from a Boston electric company told us we probably wouldn't be on line til Monday was thank them. At least we have house to get power back to.

Keep planting trees within power line distance and this is what you get don't blame PECO . It should be illegal to plat and grow a tree within so many feet of a power line. Gee let me plant an oak tree right under my power lines and let it grow all around the lines then cry when the tree comes down and takes out an entire township of power

Carol specifically, be happy you and your loved ones are alive. And if you loved your loved ones you have them in your warm home, with nice hot cooked meals, and plenty of hot water for nice warm baths and showers. Obviously you do not love your loved ones or they would not be living like a nomad. BTW nomads wander, they do not necessarily live wothout power. Get a grip andd don't sweat the small stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!

FJC & Denise right on.

I absolutely agree with LTBL and all of the other positive people! I understand the need to be in your own home with heat and power but you still have a home! There was so much damage done with the lines. They need to fix them the right way or else it will lead to trouble again. My Cousin and Uncle are both linemen for PECO they are doing an awesome job! If you think it is as easy as flipping a switch why don't you apply for a job as a lineman? I commend the dedication and support that all of these outside company's give us and for our own people who risk their lives working with such power to fix the disaster!

THANK YOU PECO!

PS I was without power from Monday at 6 until Thursday at 12 with three kids and a dog. We survived and didn't bitch!

Question: why do some areas have underground wires (safe from falling trees) and most areas do not? Wouldn't it make sense to have more underground?

Also, just as in healthcare, why not have more preventive maintainence on trees near lines?

And I doubt homeowners plant many trees near lines. More likely they were there when the home was purchase of built.

Why aren't there 10,000 workers and 2x more trucks? There are plenty of utility companies a few hours away that surely have additional supplies, material, people, etc.

I know the people with boots on the ground are working tirelessly (16+ ht shifts) - it is the higher level logistics that are not working well, liky due to lack of preparation, training, and drilling.

I sincerely hope the lessons learned here are carefully and thoughtfully analyzed, as I have a feeling storms of this nature will continue to grow more routine. Climate change is real, regardless of your political bend.

What annoys me is that priority has been given to restore power to polling places after hospitals and nursing homes. People can walk to the polling place and fill out manual ballot instead. How do you expect people who have been without power for 5 days to get there when they are tired, hungry, cold, and just frustrated at this point in time. People not polling places should be the priority.

Hate to tell you also but we have underground lines and rarely loose power however ours was also out until Wed afternoon

If you have gas and a newer hot water heater you have hot water, I do. If you have a gas stove you can cook, I can. The old phones work on land lines. A heat buddy propane indoor heater work just fine, so will a camp stove. Charge your cell in the car. Get a good radio an stock up on batteries, some good books some wine and wait for the next time. MEME

Jean, and anyone else in Doylestown Township: one of my friends who lives in Colonial Green said she call a call back from a PECO supervisor before noon today, who said that there is a problem with an underground transformer. No definitive estimate on when it is expected to be addressed.

It's not very helpful, I know, but I'm sharing it in the absence of anything more concrete.

Hey Pat..why doesnt Peco have an emergency priority list for people who rely on power for medical conditions??? We have. Juvinile diabetic who needs to refrigerate insulin. We were told by Peco that you dont have priority lists and you are like everyone else..on the list!!! Nice customer service you got there. You sure have no problem haunting customers when you want the bill paid though right?? My wife and I are now in hospital due to accident caused by drunk driver thursday night. We updated peco on our current situation today (saturday). Wife needs surgery and I have 3 fractured ribs. We also have 4 kids to take care of and was now td by peco our power is NOT going up today. Its delayed!!! This is unbelievable!! Thanks for the sympathy Peco!!! No emergency or priority lists. They would rather get up large grids of people so it looks good in the news rather than help isolated emergency customers.

Still no power in New Britain on Evergreen after PECO reported to me restored! FALSE! Now saying equipment issues maybe tomorrow- please post if you know! Trying to find somewhere to bring my little girl- thanks

Just an FYI: If you need a place to take the pets, Sundance Kennels in Holland is open for business (all services) and the kennel had no damage, according to the manger.

Julie, we are on East Butler/202 in New Britain Boro and are also still out. When the tree by the NB Baptist Church was removed we also got a call from PECO saying that we were restored but we are not. Numerous calls to PECO since then now with a restore time of 11 pm on 11/4. Since PECO thinks the whole area is basically back on though, I am losing hope as I am afraid they are going to keep trying to get large numbers of homes back on and save sporadic outages like ours for later. I hope you and your daughter have found a warm place. I am frustrated with PECO and the lack of communication from New Britain leadership, but still thankful the hurricane did not hit us as hard as New Jersey and New York. My heart goes out to those people.

Julie and Amy, please contact me directly at sarah.larson@patch.com with your email address or working phone number and I will get you in touch with someone in New Britain.

Survival of the fittest people. I'm not a crazy woodsman, but it seems so many of us fail to think of all the things that "can happen". Did you buy or build a home with all electric heating but without a fireplace or generator hookup? Shame on you. Does your kid need refrigerated insulin, but yet you don't have backup power secured in the face of an impending hurricane? Shame on you. Do you have extremely large trees overhanging your house, or live in a flood prone area? No one told you to buy or build your house there, and its your lack of investigation that put you in this position, so shame on you. I mean really, we had two "dry runs" at this last year with Irene, and the Halloween snowstorm, and yet your not ready? You've made your bed and you know the rest.

Wow..so many comments
We cant control what mother nature does.we just have to rely on others to help each other.i feel sad for those who lost everything..but we are a spoiled country and expect everything done over night.we are all human and the repairs are being done asap by human man.please be patient...we all understand the tragedy out there...please be thankful for the ones who are helping and prayers to the ones that didnt survive..thank you...

In an established community such as Levittown, where original residents have lived for close to 60 years without having lost power for 7 or more days before, there are a lot of Monday morning quarterback discussions to have. Tree trimming is one, and something that is under PECO's jurisdiction, where wires and transformers are involved: https://www.peco.com/CustomerService/ServiceRequest/TreesPowerlines/Pages/HazardTrees.aspx .
The township, homeowners and PECO need to take a hard look at the trees that have been growing here for 60 years, trees that may be getting too big or too old to remain without posting this type of long-term outage when they exist near power lines, transformers and wires. It's a shared responsibility in a community like Levittown and should be addressed as such. PECO is responsible for trimming trees around wires. Would it help if there were some sort of evaluation process where homeowners could work with PECO and Bristol Township to participate in a trimming/cutting program that protects wires, home owners and public utilities?

An editorial by and Editor of Patch

PECO'S estimates. (Had to go thru their clumsy phone system each time)

1.)October 31st, 11pm.

2.)November 1st, 10pm.

3.)November 3rd, 10pm.

We got power back on November 3rd, 12pm. Thanks PECO for getting to us after changing estimates 3 times.

Oh, last nite at 8pm I get a recorded call from PECO telling me that multiple problems can arise, and that they are working to restore power. (This call came 8 hours after the power was restored)

PECO is on top of it.

Lucky for PECO, Upper Makefield by now is back to soccer and BMW's, and content to be PECO's ugly duckling every single time.

People should bear some responsibility. PECO is only allowed to trim but not remove trees. IMO those that have overgrown trees should b held accountable if their tree or trees cause havoc. I live in an area that Everytime a strong wind blows one of these trees knocks out power to my neighborhood. We don't even have overhead line. Because we r a very small community we are given very very low priority. We have tried for years talking to PECO and township reps to deaf ears. Last year we spent mega bucks for a generator. I'm thankful we could. I do feel for those that have undergone hardship during this storm. Hopefully some useful resolution will b generated from this past storm

PECO spends about 26 million dollars a year trimming trees. Every circuit is trimmed every 5 years and the worst circuit are trimmed more often. PECO also looks for dead trees that may fall on the wires and removes them. The trees belong to the home owner not PECO. If you have trees that may fall on the wires then cut them down. They are your trees.

I think we all have tons of admiration and respect for the utility crews who are working tirelessly to get our power restored. However, I have zero respect for the suits at first energy who cant tell me when my power is coming back on. Maybe some those suits need to stop thinking thinking like pr spokesmen and more like customer service reps! I am switching power, buying solar panels, geo thermal, what ever i can do. This is what we all get with deregulation!

I totally agree with Steve. To many people today don't want to take responsibility for themselves and their family. They want someone to take care of them. Needing refrigeration for medications should have been thought about or action should have been to resolve the problem; go to a shelter, go to a place with power (friend or relative) not everyone was without power. SOLVE the problem yourself, manup and use your head and take care of your family and stop whining!!!!!

Someone needs to acknowledge that it takes a lot to truly be prepared for severe weather..this was a serious storm of unpresidented epic proportion...so if some folks got caught with out resources "shame on you is not exactly what they need to here .I'm sure that my two familys I have who lives in long beach island would appreciate a "shame on you"Steve..along with 8 million others right now REALLY? Are you kidding me? SHAME ON YOU ! they have lived there for fifty years and never seen the likes of this so I guess millions of people are whiners wow compassion any one.? .I LIVE ON THE DELAWARE RIVER. AND HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES TO COPE...BUT THE MAJORITY COULD HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS COMING..STEVE...NO ONE IS EVER READY FOR MASSIVE FLOODS AND WIND LIKE THAT UNLESS YOU LIVE IN TORNADO ALLY
I WANT TO THANK THE LINEMEN OUT IN THE COLD TIRED AND OVERWHELMED WHO HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO HELP US!!! IT'S A HARD JOB MY HUSBAND WAS A LINEMEN..DANGEROUS JOBS THANKS GUYS VERY GRATEFUL TOO YOU ALL...

OH AND I'M STILL WITH OUT POWER... AND NO COMPLAINTS...IT IS WHAT IT IS...YOU COULD BE HOMELESS... I HAVE BEEN IN FLOODS I KNOW FIRST HAND...

We have power thanks everyone !!!! From Riegelsville...pa