Comment by joecool1029

Yeah, it’s true though. The most annoying outages we’ve had are when poles get damaged and need a full replacement.

A couple years ago we had a black locust tree split and break the T on the top of telephone pole across street. It didn’t take the power out itself, but the utility felt it was safer to shut it off until the pole was replaced. Took 3 days as they sent the crew from texas to NJ.

My parents place had 2 pole replacements on their driveway, each time in different years it was same guy sent up from Alabama. Each time took days.

This area I just don’t think they prioritize getting power restored quickly, population density too low, most own generators, and we don’t have medical stuff nearby. Better to send workers from regions where pay is lower, that’s my guess. I had to file complaints with BPU last year as they fired the meter readers and estimated the bills for like 7 months before installing smart meters.