New York was the hardest hit state, with nearly 143,000 customers out, followed by Pennsylvania with about 105,000 outages, North Carolina with about 70,000 outages, and New Jersey with about 58,000 outages. The biggest power companies in those states are units of Con Edison in New York, FirstEnergy in Pennsylvania, Duke Energy in North Carolina, and Public Service Electric and Gas, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group in New Jersey.
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