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If a power line falls across a car that you’re in, stay in the car. Customers should make alternate shelter arrangements as needed if you will be significantly impacted by a loss of power – especially families who have special medical needs or elderly members. #DUKE POWER TV#
Ensure an adequate supply of flashlights, batteries, bottled water, non-perishable foods, medicines, etc., as well as the availability of a portable, battery-operated radio, TV or weather radio. Here are some winter storm safety reminders provided by Duke Energy. The company also brought in about 1,000 workers from other utilities who were scheduled to arrive in the Carolinas to help restore power to impacted customers. Road conditions are deterioratingĭuke Energy had planned to bring in 600 workers from the company’s other service areas, including the Midwest and Florida to assist with power restoration. More: SC winter storm: Motorists stranded in Greenville. "Wind gusts are definitely a complicating factor," said Duke Energy spokesperson Ryan Mosier.ĭamage assessment can sometimes take 24 hours or more in major storms with such widespread damage and hazardous driving conditions, Mosier said.īlanket of snow: Greenville wakes up to snow and fears of power outages with winds in winter storm The time it takes for power to be restored will vary, according to Duke Energy. Sunday, Duke Energy, the Upstate's largest power provider, reported 4,800 were without power in Greenville County around noon while 1,000 were without power in Anderson County, 1,700 were without power in Pickens County and 130 were without power in Spartanburg County.Īcross all of South Carolina, about 23,000 of Duke's 800,000 customers were without power at nighttime. 
Ice and winds knocked down trees and made efforts to fix the damage more difficult, utility providers said.īlue Ridge Electric Cooperative reported 5,400 customers without power on Sunday evening, it had reported more than 13,000 outages around noon. The cooperative serves about 65,000 customers across northern Greenville County, much of Pickens and Oconee counties, and parts of Anderson and Spartanburg counties.Īs of 7:30 p.m. The outages extended across the Upstate and although many were restored after the peak outages around noon, thousands were out of power in the evening. More than 30,000 people in Upstate South Carolina experienced power outages Sunday as a winter storm brought more than five inches of snow to some areas along with mixed precipitation and gusty winds through the afternoon.Ĭustomers without power as of Sunday evening should make plans to make alternative plans due to the freezing temperatures, according to Laurens Electric Cooperative, with 2,000 outages, almost all of those in Laurens County. Thank you for reading, and please consider buying a subscription. Please remember that your subscription helps us provide this and other important journalism.
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