Ertel Construction continues to provide power restoration in New Jersey after the Nor’easter storm hit the area on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. At least 658,000 utility customers remained without electricity across the region, most of them in New York and New Jersey. The New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, told reporters Thursday morning that the nor’easter was responsible for 167,000 new outages, but praised utility workers who were trying to get the lights and heat back on. Christie said “These men and women on the utility companies are working 16-hour days.”