FMEA Sunday Statement Regarding Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton

STATEMENT BY:
Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association

“Beginning Wednesday night through Thursday morning, Hurricane Milton dealt a devastating blow to the state leaving more than 3.4 million Floridians without power. In the days leading up to Hurricane Milton, the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) worked with public power utilities in Florida and via our nationwide network to amass a workforce of nearly 2,500 restoration personnel from 22 states for storm response.

These crews began work as soon as it was safe to begin the process of power restoration and have not stopped. As of 9 a.m. Sunday morning, we have restored power to more than 95 percent of customers who experienced outages from Hurricane Milton. More than 99 percent of all Florida public power customers across the state currently have power.

Crews are working tirelessly to bring electricity back for all customers who can safely receive power. They are now focusing on the hardest hit areas, some which continue to experience flooding and extremely challenging conditions. 

Our hearts go out to those who have been impacted by Hurricane Milton. FMEA and all of Florida’s public power communities sincerely thank the mutual aid responders who left their families and homes to assist our state in times of great need.”