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Lights Are Back on for 8,000 Woodbridge and Edison Residents
A glitch in the Woodbridge substation caused a power failure Monday afternoon.
Residents and businesses experienced a power outage early this afternoon, according to PSEG. The outage affected parts of Woodbridge Proper and Edison Township.
"There was a malfunction with the breakers at the Woodbridge substation," said Kristine Snodgrass.
The substation in question is located on Route 1 in Woodbridge Proper; the Sewaren substation, which is usually the one that has electrical issues and was out of commission from flooding after Hurricane Sandy, was not affected.
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Homeowners in the Martin Terrace section of the township, located off Rahway Avenue, complained about their lights going dark on Woodbridge Patch's Facebook page around 1 pm.
There were also reports the power outage affected residents in the Avenel section of the township.
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The outage for about half the 8,000 customers was only "momentary," Snodgrass said. She clocked the outage as occurring at 12:50 pm.
The other 4,000 PSEG customers had their lights back on within 15 minutes, she added.
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