More than 120,000 without power in US East after storms

Dec 21 (Reuters) - More than 120,000 homes and businesses were without power
Friday morning after a series of snow and rain storms battered the Eastern half
of the United States over the past few days, power companies said.
The hardest hit states this morning were New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan, but outages remained in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas from storms on
Thursday.
The following is a list of some of the regions affected by the storms.

Power Company Holding State Out Now Peak Out
Company
FirstEnergy - New Jersey FirstEnergy NJ 26,500 26,500
Commonwealth Edison Exelon IL 12,900 12,900
AEP - Indiana Michigan AEP IN, MI 12,600 12,600
Ameren - Illinois Ameren IL 11,600 11,600
AEP - SWEPCO AEP AR, LA, TX 8,700 57,400
Duke - Indiana Duke IN 8,700 8,700
AEP - Appalachian AEP WV, VA 5,600 5,600
Ameren - Missouri Ameren MO 4,400 4,400
FirstEnergy - Pennsylvania FirstEnergy PA 4,400 4,400
AEP - Ohio AEP OH 3,800 3,800
FirstEnergy - West Virginia FirstEnergy WV, VA 3,600 3,600
Connecticut Light & Power Northeast CT 3,600 3,600
Utilities
Con Edison Con Edison NY 3,500 3,500
Duke - Carolinas Duke NC, SC 2,600 2,600
Duke - Ohio & Kentucky Duke OH, KY 2,200 2,200
Public Service New Northeast NH 1,700 1,700
Hampshire Utilities
Georgia Power Southern GA 1,600 1,600
Baltimore Gas & Electric Exelon MD 1,300 1,300
AEP - Kentucky AEP KY 1,100 1,100

Total Out 120,400