Gulf Power Crews Working To Restore Power In Arkansas

December 28, 2012

A convoy of Gulf Power Company crews are in Arkansas to assist Entergy Arkansas with restoration efforts following a snowstorm that dropped 6-12 inches of snow and snapped trees and power lines on Christmas Day.

A total of 28 line crew personnel and 15 support personnel headed to the Little Rock area. As of Thursday morning, Arkansas Entergy reported 140,000 customers still without power from a high of 194,000 outages.

“Our crews are experienced in storm restoration and we’re always ready to help out other utilities in times of need,” said Jeff Rogers, Gulf Power corporate communications manager. “And this experience and keeping skills sharp is a great value for our customers — it means faster restoration right here at home.”

This is the fifth storm restoration trip that Gulf Power crews have made in the last six months. A restoration crew spent 17 days restoring power in Philadelphia and New Jersey during November after Hurricane Sandy struck.

“Our crews will arrive in Arkansas…and begin work to restore power,” Rogers said. “They will be focused on getting customers’ power back on as quickly and safely as possible.”

Pictured: Gulf Power crews work to restore power in November following Hurricane Sandy. File photo, click to enlarge.

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2 Responses to “Gulf Power Crews Working To Restore Power In Arkansas”

  1. union wife on December 29th, 2012 12:38 pm

    Line workers are awesome!!!

  2. Lydia Howard on December 28th, 2012 7:50 pm

    I know my husband is with one of the many crews that got called out.

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