As of 8:00 p.m. last night, six and a half days after Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage in North Florida, SVEC had successfully restored electric service to all but about 500 of its over 28,000 consumer-members.
In the six days since Hurricane Idalia barreled through SVEC's system and communities, power has been restored to over 20,500 of the co-op’s consumer members.
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.
A workforce consisting of 673 lineworkers and 179 vegetation management specialists are working to restore power in all four counties served by SVEC. They are being supported by 66 warehousemen, dispatchers, and other staff located at the storm response base camp SVEC has established at its headquarters in Live Oak. Power was restored earlier today...
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.
