New Jersey Natural Gas has "retired" 12 miles of gas pipeline on the barrier island between Bay Head and Seaside Park, the company said Monday.
Crews retired the damaged main in Mantoloking, as well as areas of targeted main in Normandy Beach, Chadwick Beach, Lavallette and Ortley Beach.
"Main anomalies must be addressed before gas can be re-introduced into the system," the company said in a statement.
The company said it expects to begin re-pressurizing its system at its regulator station south of the Mantoloking Bridge on Dec. 3.
"Barring unforeseen conditions that may delay our work, we anticipate restoring natural gas service by the end of December to all of our customers whose homes have not sustained such major damage that we cannot safely restore their service," the company said.
The news from NJNG is in contrast to unsubstantiated rumors that flew during Hurricane Sandy's aftermath that indicated it would take between six and eight months to repair the gas network.
The network sustained damage when pressure to the system was shut off. Officials had determined the shutdown was necessary to prevent gas fires from consuming neighborhoods.
in the end no one will ever be happy, first it was crying because the power whet out for more than 10 min and no one has done anything, too its been 10 days whats the hold up, too those bastards are crooks for sending a higher than normal estimated bill. without that estimated bill, the time frame to restore services would actually take much longer. once their insurance kicks in and they recoup the money, you account will be adjust to only pay for what you used, so next months bill might wind up being even lower than it normally is.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jcpl_sandyreparations/signatures Right now JCP&L basically is giving NO concession for the entire storm. Nice to be a monopoly. (NJNG has put forth a different attitude, but we'll see what happens when it comes to the dollars. This is why the petition is about JCP&L.)
There's a steady flow of homeowners and contractors in line for electrical and other permits in town hall. A JCP&L employee removed my home's meter last week -- so now this is day #23 without electricity for me. By the way, just before I evacuated, a Silverton fireman drove around telling resident that there wouldn't be mandatory evacuations. He seemed to minimize the imminent storm. I left anyway. Bottom line: We need and deserve better communication from officials.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jcpl_sandyreparations/signatures Right now JCP&L basically is giving NO concession for the entire storm. Nice to be a monopoly. (NJNG has put forth a different attitude, but we'll see what happens when it comes to the dollars. This is why the petition is about JCP&L.) you should do your research into how utilities operate and provide services to you before you go petitioning and sueing. i know there was the no power for more than 10 min and that got people upset, but man/woman up and "adapt" to the situation at hand rather than complain. i know they sent out higher than normal "estimated" bills during the same period, and that made people even more madder, but do you know why they did that? people paying there high estimated bills puts " quick cash in there checking account" so to speak. that in turn gives them a chance to pay for parts needed and all the labor needed to rebuild their infrastructure. if they did not go that route,many peoples power still would be out because they would not be able to pay suppliers for parts/labor.. learn how utilities operate first, than man-up and "adapt to the situation" kind of like the human kind has done since how ever they were created. i myself had no power for 14 days in bavyille, but instead of bitch and complain, i adapted and adjusted my lifestyle for a few days, and i got through it o SHUT UP AND MAN UP!
utilities have a lot of guidelines they have to adhere by, issued from the state. as long as they were with in them your petition means nothing. but giving the amount of outages, people should learn to drop the "i need it now/ me me me" attitude, and adopt the "these guys are busting their ass as best they can for me" attitude....
I wouldn't expect anything less from the firemen in this town. they are a joke.
Let them talk to FEMA. I have enough of my own repairs and expenses to worry about. Some, like buying an expensive generator to fight off mold growth in my home, are directly related to the 20 days they were unable to fullfil their end of the bargain. If you want to shut me up, you just let me know your address and I'll give you the chance...until then I'll post what I want and, if you like, I can help you learn the English language too.
Our petition may mean nothing, but it still brings attention to the way they are handling the situation...and btw, we received our first media contact about this petition today. I expect if it gets on the news there will be more than 28 signatures very quickly and it will no longer be ignored. That's how democracy works. BTW, I got a bill from NJ NG for ZERO for the period my gas was off. Think of how much better JCP&L could have handled this and try not to get mad. They screwed up in every possible way.
Keep in mind that last year’s winter temperatures were far above normal, resulting in many budget plan customers receiving a credit. However, the calculation of the budget plan amount for the upcoming heating season is based on “normal” seasonal temperatures to better reflect customer usage. At the end of the budget cycle, variances are reconciled by comparing the amount billed to the total customer budget plan payments. We hope this clarifies things a bit and we apologize for any inconvenience.