SVEC has activated its Emergency Response Plan in anticipation of potentially severe weather from Hurricane Michael. The plan lays out the duties and responsibilities of all employees during major storms and incorporates lessons learned during Hurricanes Hermine and Irma.
At about 10:30 last night, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) completed restoration of service to its consumers who lost power due to the winter storm. Broken tree limbs on power lines caused most outages.
Crews were out late last night and early this morning to restore power to our consumers who lost power due to the Winter storm. As of 7:00 a.m., 82% of SVEC’s consumers had power. Nearly 18,000 consumers who lost power due to the storm have been restored.
Crews from Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) have been joined by several crews from mutual-aid cooperatives and contractors, with the goal of restoring power to 80% of consumers by 10:00 p.m. tonight. Limbs broken by the weight of ice have been the main cause of outages caused by the winter storm.
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.
