PSE&G reports restoring power to 99.5% of its customers who had lost it because of the storm. However, still without power are Morris, Essex, Salem, and Bergen counties. Questions that arise are: why are these specific counties still left without power? Does it have to do with spatiality, inequalities, accessibility, or all of the above? What is the demographic composition of these neighborhoods? Is the demographic composition of these neighborhoods broadly correlated to slower response plans to outages?
The Associated Press, "Electricity Restoration Nearing Completion In New Jersey Almost Week After Tropical Storm Isaias Tore Through Region", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 12 August 2020, accessed 19 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/electricity-restoration-nearing-completion-new-jersey-almost-week-after-tropical-storm
Critical Commentary
PSE&G reports restoring power to 99.5% of its customers who had lost it because of the storm. However, still without power are Morris, Essex, Salem, and Bergen counties. Questions that arise are: why are these specific counties still left without power? Does it have to do with spatiality, inequalities, accessibility, or all of the above? What is the demographic composition of these neighborhoods? Is the demographic composition of these neighborhoods broadly correlated to slower response plans to outages?