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First County Reaches 95% Restored as Work Continues
Power has been restored to over 23,000 (80%) Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) consumer-members, and a full complement of 1,482 workers are in the field again today. Sleeping, food, laundry and shower accommodations are being provided to visiting workers at the base camp established on SVEC’s Live Oak Campus.
Power Restoration at Full Speed
1,482 workers from Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC), contractors and assisting utility companies are working this morning to restore power. That’s 43 times the number of the cooperative's employees that work in the field on a normal day.
Power Restoration Update
SVEC has restored power to 59% of its consumer-members served by substations that have transmission service, except for the Burnham substation, which became energized late this afternoon. The Blair substation remains without transmission service.
Helene Power Restoration and Damage Assessments Enter the Third Day
Power has been restored to more than 13,500 consumer-members (47.1%) as SVEC enters its third day of restoration efforts.
Power Restoration Progresses
Power has been restored to over 6,000 out of the 28,848 (20.9%) SVEC consumer-members who lost power on Thursday night due to Hurricane Helene. Crews are facing challenges due to the large number of trees and limbs entangled with or…
Power Restoration and Damage Assessment Enter the Second Day
Approximately 850 workers from SVEC, contractors and mutual aid cooperatives are in the field this morning, simultaneously performing damage assessments and power restoration.
Restoration Effort Growing Rapidly Amid Extensive Damage to Electric System
Crews from SVEC and its contractors fanned out across the co-op’s 2,100 square mile service territory at 6:00 this morning to assess damage to the electric system and begin restoring power.
SVEC Beginning Restoration after Hurricane Helene
SVEC is experiencing widespread power outages due to Hurricane Helene.
SVEC Preparing for Hurricane Helene
SVEC has activated its Emergency Restoration Plan in preparation for wide-spread outages that could be caused by soon-to-be Hurricane Helene.
Final Steps of Power Restoration Underway
Following Hurricane Debby, which brought high winds and torrential rains to Florida’s Big Bend region, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) has restored electric service to 27,473 (99%) of the co-op’s 27,714 consumer-members who lost power due to the storm. Crews continue working to restore members who are still awaiting power and can safely receive it.