Power Restoration at 95% As Work Continues

Power has been restored to over 27,300 (95%) SVEC consumer-members in the six days since Hurricane Helene blew through Florida's Suwannee River Valley as a Category 4 storm.

The full complement of 1,482 lineworkers, tree clearers, and support staff are working in all four of the co-op’s counties again today.

Power has been restored to 85% of the co-op’s consumer members in Hamilton County. Despite our best efforts, the goal of restoring at least 95% of consumer-members there has been shifted from last night to 11:59 p.m. tonight.

SVEC reached the 95% restoration mark in Suwannee County last night, more than 24 hours ahead of the goal. The cooperative achieved its 95% goals for Lafayette County Monday night and Columbia County Tuesday night.

County	Consumers	# Out	% Out	# On	% On
Columbia	2,132	41	1.9%	2,091	98.1%
Hamilton	4,186	627	15.0%	3,559	85.0%
Lafayette	3,587	54	1.5%	3,533	98.5%
Suwannee	18,962	764	4.0%	18,198	96.0%
TOTAL	28,867	1,486	5.1%	27,381	94.9%

There have been over 3,100 documented damages to SVEC’s electric system, including 767 broken poles.

A crew prepares for their next task in Hamilton County