Kentucky Power Storm Update Saturday, December 26, 11 a.m.
Summary
After a windy and snowy winter storm moved through eastern Kentucky on Christmas Eve, approximately 8,000 Kentucky Power customers were without power this morning. As of 11 a.m., Saturday, December 26, there are approximately 2,800 customers without power. New outages occurring today account for about 700 of those customers. Crews are finding broken poles, downed wires, fallen trees and road conditions are treacherous in certain areas.
Storm Response Efforts
More than 300 Kentucky Power and sister company personnel along with our business partners are working today to get power restored as quickly as possible.
Outages and Estimated Time of Restoration
There are outages scattered throughout the Kentucky Power territory. Below are customer count by county and estimated restoration time. The 95% projection means majority of customers will be on sooner.
Breathitt 237 customers 95% of customers restored by Sunday night
Clay 72 customers 95% of customers restored by Saturday night
Floyd 55 customers 95% of customers restored by Saturday night
Greenup 71 customers 95% of customers restored by Saturday night
Knott 135 customers 95% of customers restored by Sunday night
Lawrence 23 customers 95% customers restored by Saturday night
Leslie 795 customers 95% of customers restored by Sunday night
Letcher 224 customers 95% of customers restored by Sunday night
Martin 67 customers 95% of customers restored by Saturday night
Perry 1,382 customers 95% of customers restored by Sunday night
Pike 224 customers 95% of customers restored by Saturday night
For everyone’s health and safety with the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, please do not approach power company personnel in the field.
Weather
Various parts of the eastern Kentucky territory reported snow fall ranging from four to eight inches and in some areas the snow was wet and heavier than forecasted, which is the type that can wreak havoc on electrical systems.
For More Information
Customers can report outages and check the latest restoration information for their account anytime at kentuckypower.com/outages or by downloading the Kentucky Power mobile app at kentuckypower.com/app. The outage map is updated every 15 minutes. Restoration information is added when known. Click on “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 Operations Center at 1-800-572-1113.
Customers may also get specific information about outages 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 and on Twitter at twitter.com/KentuckyPower or @KentuckyPower.
Next Update: December 27, 10
