What is up with this weather? FPU and WFEC have both reported thousands in the area with no power. Reminders from WFEC to stay safe and NEVER approach a downed power line. There are currently downed lines throughout the service area. Use caution when traveling.
As of 2 hours ago WFEC had over 5000 customers without power. For more information contact Candace Croft, croft@westflorida.coop or Terry Mullen, tmullen@westflorida.coop – As of 1:00 p.m. approximately 5,800 West Florida Electric Cooperative (WFEC) members across our four-county service area are without power. The majority of those are in Jackson & Calhoun Counties. Line crews are battling the elements and working to make repairs as quickly but safely as possible in these conditions. Approximately 2,800 members served by the Altha substation could experience lengthy outage times today. PowerSouth’s mobile substation is en route to assist in that area. We encourage those members to take the necessary steps to ensure their health and well-being until power can be restored. West Florida Electric members can monitor restoration efforts on the co-op’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/wfeca), website (westflorida.coop), mobile app and online outage map located on the website. To report outages, please call 844-688-2431 (844-OUTAGE1). *This information came from the WFEC FB page.*
To report power outages with FPU you can contact them at 800-427-7712.
Stay safe out there!