PSEG

(Updated 10:55 a.m.) A circuit problem left a large swath of central Riverhead without power, and power lines are arcing and burning in several places. The weather service has increased forecast snow amounts to 5-10 in.

Firefighters found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames when they responded to a call for downed and arcing wires on West Main Street. Live wires landed under the car parked and set it ablaze.

A six-month electric circuit improvement project is now underway in Riverhead, part of a federally funded $729 million program intended to strengthen the utility system's storm resiliency.

Electric bills will likely start increasing next January, due to a $325 million, three-year rate hike that was approved yesterday by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).

The state Department of Public Service has recommended a $325 million revenue increase over three years for PSEG-LI, according to a report released by...

A State Supreme Court judge has dismissed the felony criminally negligent homicide charge brought against the PSEG driver involved in the fatal head-on crash on Flanders Road in January 2014. Evidence of driver's text conversation five minutes before estimated time of crash is insufficient, judge rules.

The bulk of customers affected are in Baiting Hollow, where power should be restored by 11 p.m., and Wading River, which currently has no restoration time.

More than 500 customers in Baiting Hollow and 2,755 in Southold Town won't have power restored until tomorrow morning, said PSEG, which did not provide an estimate for the 473 customers still without service in Wading River.

About 150 customers in Riverhead were among the more than 5,000 PSEG customers without power Monday evening.

A swath of Main Street in downtown Riverhead is without power this afternoon due to a failed transformer.