RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion
Energy crews have restored power to 92 percent of the customers in
South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia impacted by Hurricane Dorian, as of
mid-afternoon Saturday. Thousands of employees and contract crew
members are working around the clock to restore power to the
remaining 35,700 customers across all three states.
In South Carolina, crews are
expected to restore power to nearly all customers by Sunday night.
As of Saturday afternoon, 10,600 of 274,000 customers impacted in
South Carolina remain without
power.
"Our crews continue to work around the clock in very hazardous
conditions in order to safely and reliably restore power to our
customers so that their lives can return to normal as quickly as
possible," said Keller Kissam, president of Electric Operations for
Dominion Energy South Carolina.
In Virginia, crews are expected
to have restored power to nearly all customers by Saturday night
and nearly all northeastern North
Carolina customers by Sunday night, except for certain
high-impact coastal areas. As of Saturday afternoon, 25,100 of the
174,000 customers impacted in northeast North Carolina and Virginia remain without power.
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Patrol teams are assessing damage, with helicopters and drones
supplementing on-ground efforts, in the hardest hit areas of
Virginia Beach and northeastern
North Carolina. Customers still
awaiting restoration will be able to get individual estimated times
for restoration as crews complete their assessment.
After a storm passes, weather conditions permitting,
we work to ensure public safety and to restore power to
essential services and facilities critical to public health and
safety, such as hospitals, fire and police departments, and public
water systems. Crews then work to return service to the largest
number of customers in the shortest amount of time. Once major
repairs are completed, smaller groups of customers and individual
homes are restored.
"Excellent progress has been made so far to restore power, but
our work is not done until every customer has electricity," said
Ed Baine, Senior Vice President of
Electric Distribution. "We're a mission-driven organization and we
are here to serve our customers and communities."
If you do experience an outage:
- Always report your outage.
- North Carolina and
Virginia customers can report
outages by visiting
www.dominionenergy.com/outage-center/report-and-check-outages or
calling 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357).
- South Carolina customers can
report outages at www.DominionEnergySC.com or by calling
1-888-333-4465.
- Turn off all appliances, except one light to prevent overload
when power comes back on.
- Be careful to avoid downed power lines, which may be energized
and deadly. Remember that downed wires can be hidden under fallen
trees or branches or under flooded streets or yards. Stay at least
30 feet away and make sure your family, pets, and neighbors avoid
downed wires. Please report downed power lines at the following
numbers and stay on the line to speak with a customer service
representative so we can help make the area safe:
- North Carolina and
Virginia customers can report
downed lines at 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357).
- South Carolina customers can
report downed lines at 1-888-333-4465.
About Dominion Energy
Nearly 7.5 million customers in
18 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or
natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered
in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable,
reliable, affordable and safe energy and is one of the nation's
largest producers and transporters of energy with about $100
billion of assets providing electric generation, transmission
and distribution, as well as natural gas storage, transmission,
distribution and import/export services. The company expects to cut
generating fleet carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2050 and
reduce methane emissions from its gas assets 50 percent by 2030.
Please visit www.DominionEnergy.com to learn more.
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