Restoration Nearing Completion for SVEC Members

Yesterday, SVEC crews and contractors achieved and surpassed the cooperative’s target of restoring power to at least 95% of its consumer-members in Hamilton and Columbia counties who could safely receive power by tonight.

The total workforce remains at 522 today, keeping the co-op on pace to reach that same target in Lafayette and Suwannee counties. Flooding or damage to consumer-member’s electrical equipment could prolong restoration efforts for some.

As restoration nears completion, workers are focused on small tap lines and individual services.

“The remaining repairs require the same amount of time and effort from crews, with fewer meters restored per outage, often making these final stages of the restoration process the most frustrating for those still awaiting power’” says SVEC CEO Mike McWaters. “However, we want to assure those people we have not forgotten them. We greatly appreciate our members’ patience, support, and understanding as we make this final push to restore power for our community.”

Status as of 8:00 a.m.:

County	Meters	# Out	% Out	# On	% On
Columbia	2,129	9	0.4%	2,120	99.6%
Hamilton	4,173	69	1.7%	4,104	98.3%
Lafayette	3,579	307	8.6%	3,272	91.4%
Suwannee	18,954	1,516	8.0%	17,438	92.0%
TOTAL	28,835	1,901	6.6%	26,934	93.4%

About Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative

SVEC is a not-for-profit cooperative that 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.

Morning Crews depart base camp before daylight.

Crews load supplies before heading back into the field.