Charging Stations, Water and Ice Available Free of Charge to Jersey Central... -- MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Nov 4 2012

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Customers of Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) who remain without power from Hurricane Sandy can charge devices as well as pick up water and ice free of charge as storm restoration efforts continue.

The water and ice distribution and charging station availability are being coordinated with county offices of emergency management. Locations will be added as they become available. The following is a list of currently participating locations, along with the resources each has available:

Charging Stations and Water and Ice Locations for Sunday, November 4

Essex County Millburn High School 426 Millburn Ave Millburn, NJ 8AM - 5PM Ice and Water CLOSING AFTER SUNDAY	Monmouth County Circle Factory Outlets 1407 Atlantic Ave Wall, NJ 7AM - 7PM Charging Station Ice and Water

Hunterdon County Hunterdon County Complex 314 State Highway 12 Flemington, NJ 8AM - 8PM Charging Station Ice and Water	Monmouth County Monmouth Park 175 Oceanport Ave. Oceanport, NJ 7AM - 7PM Charging Station Ice and Water

Monmouth County Holy Family Church 910 Rt 36 Hazlet, NJ 7AM - 7PM Ice and Water	Mercer County East Windsor Fire Station 69 Twin Rivers Dr East Windsor, NJ 8AM - 8PM Charging Station Ice and Water

Mercer County Hopewell Twp Public Works Bldg 203 Washington Crossing Pennington Road Hopewell, NJ 8AM - 4PM Ice Only	Ocean County Silverton Fire Dept. 15 Kettle Creek Rd. Toms River NJ 24 hours a day Ice and Water

Middlesex County Middlesex County OEM 1001 Fire Academy Drive Sayreville, NJ 9AM - 6PM Ice and Water	Ocean County Manchester Twp. Elementary School 1 Colonial Dr Manchester, NJ 9AM - 5PM Ice and Water

Morris County Morris Public Safety & Training Academy 500 West Hanover Avenue Parsippany, NJ 7AM - 9PM Charging Station Ice and Water	Passaic County Wanaque First Aid Squad 5 Melrose Ave Wanaque, NJ 10AM - 6PM Charging Station Ice and Water

Ocean County Brick Twp. BofE High School 300 Chambersbridge Rd. Brick, NJ 8AM - 7:30PM Charging Station Ice and Water	Somerset County Somerset County OEM Training Facility 402 Roycefield Road Hillsborough, NJ 8AM - 8PM Charging Station Ice and Water

Ocean County Berkeley Twp Recreation Facility 630 Rt 9 Bayville, NJ M-F 8:30AM - 4:00PM Sat and Sun 9AM - 4PM Charging Station Ice and Water	Sussex County Sussex County Garage 15 Morris Turnpike Frankford, NJ DISTRIBUTING TO TWPS ONLY

Warren County Wal-Mart 1300 US Hwy 22 Phillipsburg, NJ 8AM – 8PM Ice and Water

JCP&L reminds customers to exercise safety and stay away from downed power lines. Customers are asked to report outages at 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877) immediately. The more people who call, the faster JCP&L can pinpoint the locations to send crews for repairs.

For updated information on the company's current outages, FirstEnergy's storm restoration process and tips for staying safe, customers are urged to visit the 24/7 Power Center at www.firstenergycorp.com/outages, or follow JCP&L on Twitter @JCP_L and Facebook at www.facebook.com/JCPandL for the latest information.

JCP&L is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE). JCP&L serves 1.1 million customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia. Its generation subsidiaries control more than 20,000 megawatts of capacity from a diversified mix of scrubbed coal, non-emitting nuclear, natural gas, hydro, pumped-storage hydro and other renewables. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.

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