Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers
Up to nearly 2,000 customers had been without power beginning the morning of July 20.
People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning.
The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.
Con Ed says it had reduced voltage in the area by 8 percent while failed electrical lines were being repaired.
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Freddy Molima, one of the representatives of the Coalition Peuple allumé, accuses Hydro-Québec of "abusing its monopoly."
The motion, which was filed in Quebec Superior Court, claims Hydro-Québec customers paid more than they should have for electricity between 2008 and 2013, to the tune of nearly $1.2 billion.
The coalition has so far recruited nearly 40,000 participants online as part of its plan to sue the public utility.
A lawyer representing the group said Quebec's energy board, the Régie de l'énergie, also recently approved Hydro-Québec…