Power Restoration Progressing at SVEC

Progress has been made in restoring power since Hurricane Debby impacted the cooperative’s community yesterday. All SVEC substations now have transmission service, and thanks to the dedicated efforts of lineworkers and vegetation management crews from SVEC and contractors, power has been restored to 17,000 of the 27,714 co-op consumer-members who lost power due to the hurricane.

About 200 additional workers arrived today, bringing the total to over 500. A mobile base camp has been set up at the co-op to ensure all visiting team members are well taken care of and can continue their hard work in the best conditions possible.

“I would like to thank our members for their continued patience and support through this challenging time,” says SVEC CEO Mike McWaters. “We continue to make progress, with some crews working through the night and others continuing their efforts until about 9:00 this evening and heading out again at the break of dawn.”

County	Total Consumers	Consumers Out	% Out
Columbia	2,129	913	42.9%
Hamilton	4,173	1,640	39.3%
Lafayette	3,579	2,387	66.7%
Suwannee	18,954	6,918	36.5%
Total	28,835	11,859	41.1%

To view our video update on power restorations, please click here. 

About Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative

SVEC is a not-for-profit cooperative which provides safe, affordable and reliable electric service to over 28,000 consumers in Florida’s Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette and Suwannee counties. SVEC maintains over 4,100 miles of electric distribution lines and serves an area of about 2,100 square miles. svec-coop.com.