Alabama Power President and CEO Charles McCrary today announced the company’s power restoration goals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
At the height of the outages, Hurricane Katrina left 636,891 Alabama Power customers without power. As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, 310,047 customers were without power throughout the company’s service territory.
“This hurricane created far more damage to our system than Hurricane Ivan,” said Alabama Power President and CEO Charles McCrary. “We’ve been able to restore about 50 percent of our outages relatively quickly, but the most difficult cases remain. I am sorry that our customers have been inconvenienced, and we offer our full commitment to work until restoration is complete. We have an obligation to serve our customers, and we will live up to that obligation.”
McCrary set a goal for 99 percent restoration according to the following schedule:
*In Anniston and surrounding areas – restored by end of day today
*In Birmingham and surrounding areas – restored by end of day Friday
*In the Tuscaloosa area – restored by end of day Sunday
*In the Mobile area – restored by end of day Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Restoration to 99 percent of customers in the Eufaula and Montgomery areas has been completed.
Crews from utilities as far away as New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Oklahoma will join Alabama Power in restoration efforts. Additional crews are limited however, as help is also needed in hard hit areas in Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.
At the height of the outages, Hurricane Katrina left 636,891 Alabama Power customers without power. As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, 310,047 customers were without power throughout the company’s service territory.
“This hurricane created far more damage to our system than Hurricane Ivan,” said Alabama Power President and CEO Charles McCrary. “We’ve been able to restore about 50 percent of our outages relatively quickly, but the most difficult cases remain. I am sorry that our customers have been inconvenienced, and we offer our full commitment to work until restoration is complete. We have an obligation to serve our customers, and we will live up to that obligation.”
McCrary set a goal for 99 percent restoration according to the following schedule:
*In Anniston and surrounding areas – restored by end of day today
*In Birmingham and surrounding areas – restored by end of day Friday
*In the Tuscaloosa area – restored by end of day Sunday
*In the Mobile area – restored by end of day Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Restoration to 99 percent of customers in the Eufaula and Montgomery areas has been completed.
Crews from utilities as far away as New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Oklahoma will join Alabama Power in restoration efforts. Additional crews are limited however, as help is also needed in hard hit areas in Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.
on August 31, 2005, 12:58 pm
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