RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 6 NC-PGN-Storm-Update
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.
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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
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 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
www.progress-energy.com/outagemap.
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