CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy's round-the-clock power restoration
efforts continue following the historic damage caused by Helene in
the Carolinas. Lineworkers – with the support of tree trimmers,
state department of transportation workers and countless others –
continue to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers
each day.
"We've never seen such widespread devastation and destruction as
we're seeing in this region," said Jason
Hollifield, Duke Energy storm director for the Carolinas.
"We appreciate our local and state government partners continued
help in getting us access to the hard-hit areas so we can make
repairs where possible.
"A large amount of our work entails a significant repair or
complete rebuild of the electricity infrastructure that powers this
region and will support its recovery."
Here's an update as of 4 p.m.:
- In South Carolina:
- Duke Energy restored 566,000 customer outages; 363,000
customers in the upstate remain without power.
- In North Carolina:
- Duke Energy restored 1 million customer outages; 284,000
customers in the mountain region remain without power.
- Overall, Duke Energy restored nearly 1.6 million customer
outages in the Carolinas following Helene.
- Duke Energy expects to restore the majority of the remaining
648,000 customer outages by Friday night.
- Power restoration may take longer in areas that continue to be
inaccessible, dependent on infrastructure that has been destroyed
or are unable to receive service.
- Links and resources:
- Outage Map: duke-energy.com/outages
- Outage Alerts: duke-energy.com/outages/alerts
- Generator safety: duke-energy.com/outages/generators
- Power restoration
process: duke-energy.com/outages/restoring-your-power
Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150
company headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies.
The company's electric utilities serve 8.4 million customers in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky, and collectively own
54,800 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas utilities
serve 1.7 million customers in North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky.
Duke Energy is executing an ambitious clean energy transition,
keeping reliability, affordability and accessibility at the
forefront as the company works toward net-zero methane emissions
from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions
from electricity generation by 2050. The company is investing in
major electric grid upgrades and cleaner generation, including
expanded energy storage, renewables, natural gas and nuclear.
More information is available at duke-energy.com and the Duke
Energy News Center. Follow Duke Energy
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stories about the people and innovations powering our energy
transition.
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