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Last night, SVEC completed restoration of service to its consumers who lost power due to Hurricane Irma.

As of 7:30 a.m. today, SVEC had restored power to all but 150 of the more than 24,000 consumers who lost power due to Hurricane Irma. The remaining outages affect one or two consumers, on average. The full complement of crews from SVEC, contractors and mutual-aid electric co-operatives are in the field to get those...

As of 10:00 a.m. today, SVEC had restored power to about 20,000 (89%) of the consumers who lost power due to Hurricane Irma. 150 men from SVEC, contractors and mutual-aid electric co-operatives are in the field again today repairing damaged power lines and replacing broken poles.

In the four days since Irma stormed through the area, power has been restored to about 75% of our affected consumers. Transmission service has also been restored to all SVEC substations. Approximately 5,500 consumers remain without power.

After storms, we’re often asked, “If your crews are out restoring power, how come we haven’t seen any of your trucks”? SVEC maintains over 4,400 miles of powerlines (enough to reach Alaska) in a service territory covering about 2,000 square miles (about 1.3 million acres). That’s a lot of space to cover and outages can...

We understand the frustration people feel after more than three days without power. As power is restored after storms like Irma, we are often asked “Why does my neighbor have power, and I don’t”?

As of 9:00 a.m. today, Suwannee Valley Electric had restored power to approximately 13,500 of the 22,485 consumers who lost power during Hurricane Irma.

In the two days since Hurricane Irma crashed through North Florida, Suwannee Valley Electric has restored power to approximately 50% of its consumers who were affected by the storm:

We are doing our utmost to get all power back on by the end of the week. Crews from SVEC, Musgrove Construction and Bryant Tree Service continue to clear trees and make repairs to the electric system, and line crews from other co-ops have arrived today to help.

During the night, power was restored to an additional 2,040 SVEC consumer-members. This morning, efforts continue with a workforce of 522 in the field. All substation feeders are now energized, which allows crews to focus on smaller tap lines and individual service lines.