Two weeks after Sandy knocked out electricity to more than 100,000 Queens residents, Con Edison announced power was restored to all customers whose equipment was not damaged during the storm.
Several thousand residents in Howard Beach and Broad Channel will remain without power until their equipment is deemed safe, Con Ed said.
The last Sandy outages throughout the rest of the borough were finally restored last night, Con Ed said in a release.
“We want to restore customers as much as they want the electricity back, but we will not restore customers unless it is safe to do so,” said a Con Ed spokesperson.
There are several steps residents in those areas must follow before their lights can be turned back on, Con Ed said.
Residents’ equipment must be inspected, cleaned and repaired by a licensed contractor; the contractor must then complete a self-certification form and email (hurricanesandybrooklynqueens@coned.com) or fax (718-802-6349) the form to Con Ed.
Tens of thousands of Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) customers in the Rockaways also remain without electricity.
