Christy Tuckey

Thanks to the hard work of lineworkers and vegetation management crews from SVEC, its contractors and mutual aid electric cooperatives, service has been restored to over 17,000 of the co-op’s consumer-members who lost power due to Hurricane Idalia. That number is expected to increase by morning as SVEC’s system thoroughly checks the status of meters...

As night falls on the fourth day of restoration, power has been restored to all 13 of SVEC’s substations and SVEC, it’s contractors and fellow electric cooperatives are working around the clock to get the lights back on.

The extent of the damage done to SVEC’s electric distribution system is becoming clearer as repair crews make their way through the cooperative’s 2,100 square mile service territory. So far, about 2,500 instances of damaged lines and equipment have been documented, including 411 broken poles.

Crews from SVEC and its contractors made significant progress today clearing debris and repairing damage to some of the cooperative’s main feeder lines. Repairing feeder lines is a key first step in the power restoration process.

Nearly all SVEC consumer members remain without power this morning. Yesterday was spent assessing damage done to the co-op’s electric system and SVEC continues working today with emergency management, sheriff’s offices and road departments to remove trees and powerlines obstructing roadways.

Crews from SVEC have been in the field since about 1:00 this afternoon assessing damage done to the co-op’s distribution system by Hurricane Idalia.

Crews from Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative SVEC have been in the field since about 1:00 this afternoon assessing the damage done to the co-op’s distribution system by Hurricane Idalia.

SVEC) is experiencing widespread power outages due to Hurricane Idalia.

SVEC has activated its Emergency Restoration Plan at 4:00 yesterday, in preparation for wide-spread outages that could be caused by Hurricane Idalia.