ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.,
Sept. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke
Energy has restored power to more than 1.2 million customers in
Florida in four days and continues
to restore the remaining 200,000 outages.
Extensive damage and recent inclement weather has prompted the
company to modify restoration times for its Florida service area.
"We are in the home stretch of restoring all our customers,"
said Harry Sideris, Duke Energy
Florida president. "Given the scale and scope of the extensive
repairs, we need just a little more time in some areas to finish
the job. We are so grateful for our customers' patience and
perseverance as we work through this historic restoration."
Times of restoration
Currently, the company expects to complete power restoration to all
customers that can receive power in the following areas:
- By end of day Saturday, Sept.
16: The western portion of its service area. This
includes Pinellas and Pasco counties. Currently 96 percent of
customers have been restored. Some of the hardest hit areas that
remain include Port Richey and
Holiday in Pasco County and Venetian Isles, Snell Isle,
Jungle Prada, Treasure Island,
Pasadena, Lake Seminole, Disston
area, Bardmoor, North Clearwater Beach and Belleair in Pinellas
County.
- There is no change at this time to most central and northern
portions of the service area. It remains at end of day
Sunday, Sept. 17. This
includes Alachua, Bay, Brevard,
Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Leon,
Levy, Madison, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, and Wakulla counties.
- By end of day Tuesday, Sept.
19: The severely impacted areas of Hardee and Highlands counties, the north Orange and Lake
County border and some parts of northern Volusia County due to rebuilding the
electrical system that suffered significant damage in those
areas.
We will continue to work on isolated and scattered outages until
all customers are restored.
For latest outage information and other company updates, visit
news.duke-energy.com/irma.
About Duke Energy Florida
Duke Energy Florida owns and operates a diverse generation mix,
including renewables, providing about 8,800 megawatts of owned
electric capacity to approximately 1.8 million customers in a
13,000-square-mile service area.
With its Florida regional
headquarters located in St. Petersburg,
Fla., Duke Energy is one of the largest electric power
holding companies in the United
States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business
unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six
states in the Southeast and Midwest. The company's Gas Utilities
and Infrastructure business unit distributes natural gas to
approximately 1.6 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Its Commercial Renewables business
unit operates a growing renewable energy portfolio across
the United States.
Duke Energy is a Fortune 125 company traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the
company is available at duke-energy.com.
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