Good get here Laura. Unfortunately, this is not surprising. How disappointing to know that they are sitting there while we are still sitting in the dark.

great reporting, Laura! Saw hundreds of crews and trucks hanging in Livingston mall parking lot tonight approx 730 tonight after 2 firstenergy workers were spotted in my yard at approx 230pm checking out power pole, disappeared, and another crew sat down the block idle approx 530-7pm. Even spoke with them before they disappeared at 7ish; they said they were waiting for their instructions. Still no power...

Short Hills Village Apts are still without power. I would be more than happy to give them directions to our house if it meant having heat, hot water and electricity. it's sad yet reaffirming that the power company is not handling the restoration efforts in an efficient and organized fashion. Why am I not surprised?

Kudos Laura. Great reporting.

As to JCP&L it is a total disgrace that they bring the crew in then do not have the systems and management in place to actually utilize the crews while people sit with no power.

Great organization skills ... lets dispatch the workers then hurry up and wait. Every town that has this poor excuse for a utility company should petition their townships to change over to PSEG at least they're based in NJ and don't have to bring in crews from Alabama, Ohio and god knows where else and kep people in the dark for almost a week

Why isn't our mayor there with a list of streets in Millburn/Short Hills?

Is our mayor even aware that people are without power and heat?

This happened during Irene too. I saw two trucks just sitting in the parking lot at Gero Park. I told the crews about my neighborhood with no power. They looked at one another and said, "Should we go check it out?"

I have an idea. Let's have a volunteer citizen go to the staging site at the Livingston Mall. People with no power could call the volunteer with the address/neighborhood information, and the volunteer would provide the crew with directions to the streets with no power.

Police force and fire department? The utilities companies should work more closely with the township in this matter. The crews was inefficient in working out of town. Waste of resources.

At least, the crews can work in the schools.

So, do we need to go to the mall to show these guys where to go? Jcpl is truly horrible. They learned nothing from Irene.

Unless you bring over couple bottles of beers and wine. The crews are paid when they are waiting and drinking coffee, easy decision to make.