Progress Energy Storm-Related Outage Numbers Continue to Drop
September 06 2008 - 8:57PM
PR Newswire (US)
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Progress Energy
crews are working into the night to restore power to about 3,600
customers that remain without electricity in the wake of Tropical
Storm Hanna. The company has restored more than 187,000 customers
since midnight. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020923/CHM008LOGO-c ) The
counties with the largest numbers of power outages at 8 p.m. are
Wayne (1,000); New Hanover (650); Carteret (450); and Duplin (430).
Outages are scattered elsewhere. Progress Energy expects to restore
service to most customers by midnight tonight, with restoration in
particularly hard-hit areas expected to be completed by Sunday at
midnight. The rolling nature of the storm meant that new outages
were being reported this morning even as crews in other areas were
restoring service. Between midnight and 4 p.m. today, company and
contract crews had restored service to more than 187,000 customers.
The largest number of customers without power at any one time was
approximately 55,000 at 8 a.m. today. The quickest way to report an
outage during a storm is to call the automated outage-reporting
system at 1-800-419-6356. For the latest information, visit
Progress Energy's storm site online at
http://www.progress-energy.com/storm. Progress Energy,
headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is a Fortune 250 energy company
with more than 21,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $9
billion in annual revenues. The company will observe a century of
operation in 2008. Progress Energy includes two major utilities
that serve 3.1 million customers in the Carolinas and Florida.
Progress Energy is the 2006 recipient of the Edison Electric
Institute's Edison Award, the industry's highest honor, in
recognition of its operational excellence. The company also is the
first utility to receive the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates
Founder's Award for customer service. Progress Energy serves two
fast-growing areas of the country, and the company is pursuing a
balanced approach to meeting the future energy needs of the region.
That balance includes increased energy efficiency programs,
investments in renewable energy technologies and a state-of-the-art
electricity system. For more information about Progress Energy,
visit the company's Web site at http://www.progress-energy.com/.
There will not be another press release today. The next update from
Progress Energy will be Sunday morning. Customers and media can
find outage information on Progress Energy's Web site at
http://www.progress-energy.com/outagemap.
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