Hard-hit Berkley Lane in Middle Valley
photo by Brent McDonald, NewsChannel9 with a drone
EPB officials said some customers were still without power Thursday morning after Tuesday night's damaging and wide-spread storm.
As of 4:45 p.m. EPB continued to work on restoring power to the remaining nine customers affected by Tuesday evening’s severe storms. Officials expected to restore the remaining customers Thursday evening.
At the height of the storm, about 60,000 customers experienced an outage in more than 800 incidents. The smart grid automatically restored about 25,000 customers, with crews repairing damage and restoring service to about 35,000. At the height of the storm, about 60,000 customers experienced an outage. The Smart Grid restored about 25,000 customers who experienced at most a momentary outage and EPB line crews have successfully repaired enough physical damage to restore power to about 32,134 who experienced a lasting outage.
Officials said, "Most of the customers who remain out will have power by the end of the day, but the devastating nature of some of the damage to the electric system will mean that a few hundred customers may not have power until tomorrow morning."
For more information or to report an outage please go to https://epb.com/outage-map or call (423) 648-1EPB (1372.)
Hard-hit Berkley Lane in Middle Valley
photo by Brent McDonald, NewsChannel9 with a drone