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Gulf Power Expects To Restore Power To 95% In Escambia By Tonight; EREC Has Restored 97%
September 21, 2020
Gulf Power Company now expects to restore power to 95% of Escambia County customers by midnight Monday, one night earlier than first announced. And Escambia River Electric Cooperative (EREC) had restored power to 97% of those that lost power during Hurricane Sally.
“Our crews have continued to make good progress and, in many cases, they have exceeded our original estimated restoration times,” said Marlene Santos, president of Gulf Power. “Our entire workforce is focused on restoring service for those customers hardest hit in Escambia County. You have our commitment that we will continue to work around the clock until every customer is restored.””
Gulf Power said that by Sunday night, essentially all customers who can receive power have been restored in Century (pictured) and across Santa Rosa County. There were 8,630 Gulf Power customers without power in Escambia County as of early Monday morning.
If power is restored in your neighborhood and you still do not have power, first check your breakers. If this is not the issue, you are asked to report your outage on the Gulf Power App or call 1-800-GUPOWER (1-800-487-6937).
Escambia River Electric
Escambia River Electric Cooperative reported 333 customers in Escambia County without power early Monday morning. All EREC customers that can receive power had been restored in Santa Rosa County. Immediately after Hurricane Sally, EREC reported 95% of their members, 11,463 total customers, without power.
Pictured: Contract crews working for Gulf Power replace a snapped off pole along North Century Boulevard at Pond Street. Gulf Power said power is now restored for essentially all customers in Century. The rest of Escambia County is expected to be back on midnight Tuesday. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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10 Responses to “Gulf Power Expects To Restore Power To 95% In Escambia By Tonight; EREC Has Restored 97%”
They did a good job getting my power back on.
The storm snapped a pole coming into my small neighborhood. No businesses or facilities in our neighborhood, so I assumed we weren’t going to get fixed for some time. But, they came out and got it fixed yesterday morning.
I was skeptical, but they got it done in only a few days. Our neighborhood is very happy to have power back.
Big THANK YOU to the Gulf Power and other crews who restored power faster than 16 years ago after Hurricane Ivan. Power was out about 5 days last time and 2 days this time. Power came back on at 2 AM and the clicking of the computer printer woke me, then I looked at the ceiling fan and it was slowly turning but getting faster. My daughter came out of her room, she had left the light switch ON, “The power is back on”. Happy smiling faces here. I plugged the fridge and freezer and lights back in from the generator to the house circuit and they worked. We waited a few more days for the phone and internet, but power is more important. THANK YOU to the crews who worked through the night and day!
A big thank you goes out to the 2 men who came to our last night on the assessment crew, and to the 6 men who came out from Gulf Power. The live wire on our ground was taken care of, and we got power turned back on. If our problem ticket would’ve been handled properly from Gulf Power’s 1800 number then we would’ve got power back days ago.
Thank you to all the power guys, tree cutters, first responders and everyone that has shown up and worked tireless hours to make sure that we get what is needed to restore our power and stuff. So appreciative and thankful for all of you!!
got mine last night. Those linemen are heroes!
Thank you all for your hard work and diligence! You are very much appreciated!
Thanks to all the linemen that helped restore power No matter where you came from. May GOD bless each and everyone of you.
Thank you to ALL power companies who came to help. From
Houston Texas to Columbus Ohio ! Y’all rocked it.
Thank you for your hard work!! This was so much better than hurricane Ivan!
Thanks for going above and beyond!!