Hundreds Of Gulf Power, EREC Worker Responding To Hurricane Zeta Outages

October 29, 2020

Gulf Power Company and Escambia River Electric Cooperative collectively had over 2,000 workers staged by Wednesday to respond to Hurricane Zeta power outages.

GULF POWER

Gulf Power lineworkers began responding to power outages as soon as it was safe to do so, which is usually if winds are under 35 mph.

A storm restoration workforce of more than 2,300 strong, including approximately 1,000 Gulf Power personnel and contractors and an additional 1,300 lineworkers, tree trimmers and support personnel – the vast majority from sister company Florida Power & Light – were in place by Wednesday to immediately begin the process of restoring power from outages caused by Zeta. Gulf Power had additional FPL teams ready to travel to quickly ramp up restoration efforts.

“We have a proven restoration plan, and we want our customers to know that our commitment to serve you is unwavering – just as it has been every time severe weather has threatened our area,” said Marlene Santos, president of Gulf Power

ESCAMBIA RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Escambia River Electric Cooperative employees were prepared or the possibility of widespread outages.

Crews from Clay Electric Cooperative in Keystone Heights, Florida, were in place by Wednesday afternoon and ready to assist EREC linemen as soon as storm conditions subside.d Additional crews are avaialble to respond if needed.

“Wind and rain may bring down trees and power lines as Zeta moves inland. With safety as our top priority, we are prepared to respond to whatever impacts our area may sustain from the storm,” EREC CEO Ryan Campbell said.

Comments

5 Responses to “Hundreds Of Gulf Power, EREC Worker Responding To Hurricane Zeta Outages”

  1. EMD on October 29th, 2020 10:23 pm

    Thank you over and over again. I pray God keeps you all safe always.

  2. Joseph Lowe on October 29th, 2020 8:23 pm

    Thank you gulf power love y’all for doing your job

  3. Henry Coe on October 29th, 2020 2:32 pm

    Thank You Lineman of Gulf Power.

  4. shirley on October 29th, 2020 9:43 am

    i live in bratt on hanks rd we have power THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE STAY SAFE AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU

  5. JD on October 29th, 2020 8:36 am

    Just this morning at the hardee’s on pine forest rd around 6:15 am I was in the drive thru and there were two power line trucks from Elliot in the parking lot. The rude blonde hair manager came out and started yelling at the workers to get their trucks out the parking lot. Just wanted to say that if any of you that were in those trucks see this just know this isn’t how we are around here. We appreciate your hard work.

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