Florida Power & Light has essentially completed power restoration in six of the eight counties affected by Hurricane Isaias, including Okaloosa and Walton, the company said in a release issued Monday night.
- As of early Tuesday morning, 20 FPL customers in Okaloosa County and 10 in Walton County remained without power, according to the company’s outage tracker.
FPL said it has restored power to more than 85% of customers impacted by the storm. As of 10 p.m. Monday, more than 380,000 outages had been restored, according to the company.
FPL also restored power to all critical infrastructure facilities and schools scheduled to be open Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Crews are still working in the hardest-hit areas of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and remain on track to essentially complete restoration there by the end of the day Tuesday, the company said.
“Thousands of men and women are working around the clock, navigating downed trees, debris and difficult conditions to reach our customers in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties,” said FPL President and CEO Scott Bores. “We will keep pushing forward safely in all counties until every customer who can receive power is restored.”
Flickers and outages possible
Even after power is restored, some customers may continue to experience outages or flickers as crews find and repair storm damage that was not immediately visible, according to FPL.
If your home cannot accept power
Some homes and businesses may have damage that makes them unable to safely accept power. Those customers should hire a licensed electrician to make repairs, the company said.
Eligible customers may qualify for financial assistance through FPL’s Care to Share program to help offset the cost of repairing electrical equipment needed to safely receive service. Applications are available at FPL.com/assistance.
Help and outage reporting
Customers without power can visit one of more than 10 FPL customer outage relief stations across the region for ice, water and answers to restoration questions. Locations are listed at fplmaps.com/reliefsites.
Customers can report outages at FPL.com or by calling 1-800-4-OUTAGE (1-800-468-8243), and can track restoration at FPLmaps.com/northwest.
By the numbers
According to FPL:
- More than 380,000 outages restored as of 10 p.m. Monday
- More than 141,000 outages avoided by smart grid technology
- Nearly 17,000 restoration workers from 29 states
- 15 staging and parking sites
- More than 480 drone and helicopter flights to assess damage
6 Responses
I for one would like to complement the crews on the power restoration.
What a fantastic job! These individuals travel from far away to help restore power to the people who live here and the work is long, hard and very dangerous! Thanks to all the linemen and all the support teams for this Herculean effort!
Thoroughly, thoroughly thank you for all the hard work and long hours to restore power.
Thank you to all the linemen who left their homes to ensure those of us affected by this hurricane got our power back. I know they worked long hours and I hope they know the people of Northwest Florida appreciate them leaving their families to take care of ours. Kudos to everyone who had a hand in restoring our power in such a quick manner.
It is Wednesday morning Oct.14 and we have a downed electric pole in our front yard in incorporated Okaloosa county. So no thanks from us. We reported it when it went down.
They’ve done a great job. Let’s consider burying lines from here on out