Some 261,426 Monmouth County Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) customers remain without power as of Wednesday morning. The number represents 92 percent of the electric company's customer base.
In a statement on its Web site, JCP&L said thousands of employees are working to restore power, however the damage is significant.
"The storm damage is the worst in JCP&L history, far worse than experienced during Hurricane Irene and the October 2011 snowstorm. As a result, restoration times will likely be longer. Restoration information will be provided as available," the statement read.
The JCP&L outage map shows the following Monmouth County towns as having 100 percent of customers without electricity as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday:
- Aberdeen
- Allenhurst
- Atlantic Highlands
- Brielle
- Deal
- Fair Haven
- Farmingdale
- Holmdel
- Howell
- Interlaken
- Loch Arbour
- Matawan
- Oceanport
- Sea Girt
- Shrewsbury Borough
- Shrewsbury Township
- Tinton Falls
- Union Beach
- Upper Freehold
- West Long Branch
Municipalities with 90 percent or more of the population without power are:
- Colts Neck
- Englishtown
- Freehold Borough
- Freehold Township
- Hazlet
- Highlands
- Keansburg
- Little Silver
- Long Branch
- Manalapan
- Ocean
- Rumson
- Spring Lake Heights
- Wall
http://www.state.nj.us/bpu/assistance/complaints/