UPDATED: 3-5-17
KENTUCKY POWER STORM UPDATE
Friday, March 3, 2017 – 10:30 am
Kentucky Power Storm Update
Friday, March 3, 2017 – 10:30 a.m.
Summary
Service has been restored to about 96 percent of Kentucky Power customers who lost service Wednesday after storms with wind gusts up to 68 miles moved through eastern Kentucky. Assessors during restoration efforts found about 70 poles that were broken or damaged, as well as numerous downed power lines. Transmission structures also were damaged. At its peak, nearly 31,000 customers lost electric service.
Storm Response Efforts
Some 750 employees, contractors and mutual assistance workers from western Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee are working on restoration efforts. Many of the remaining outages are in hard-to-reach areas, some requiring bulldozers to build access roads. As service is restored, workers will be moved from Ashland and Hazard service areas to assist in the greater Pikeville region, where most of the remaining outages are located. Most customers served by the Ashland and Hazard service districts should have service by 10 p.m. Friday. Customers served by Pikeville Service District, including Floyd and Pike counties, should have service by midnight Saturday. Some isolated outages could extend beyond the projected restoration times. As of 9 p.m. Friday, customer outages remained in these counties:
- Boyd, 7
- Breathitt, 13
- Floyd, 136
- Knott, 19
- Lawrence, 9
- Leslie, Fewer than 5
- Martin, 45
- Perry, 5
- Pike, 863
A snapshot view of current outages affecting five customers or more is available anytime at https://kentuckypower.com/outages.The outage map is updated every 15 minutes. Restoration information is added when known. Click “View Outage Map” to access the map on a computer, cell phone, or tablet. Customers can report outages online, on their mobile device or to our Customer Solutions Center at 1-800-572-1113.
For More Information
This update provides a broad overview of the company’s restoration efforts. Customers can get specific information about the outages affecting their accounts via text message and/or email by subscribing to Kentucky Power outage alerts. To sign up, please visit www.kentuckypower.com/alerts. Information also is posted on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KentuckyPower.
