Lakeland Electric Update 9pm

We currently have fewer than 200 customers without power who can safely receive service. Our efforts to restore power have not diminished. We are dedicating all of our resources to restoring power to our community. 

Power restoration and circuit sweeps will continue through tomorrow. This means we will be inspecting power lines from beginning to end in each circuit to locate and repair low-hanging wires, tree limbs on wires, damaged meters, and damage to customers' electrical equipment. Crews will also be reconnecting service to customers whose equipment has been repaired and are now able to receive service. We will not rest until every customer has their power restored.
 
Outages

• 129 customers are without power.
• Customers with damaged electrical equipment or those currently contending with flooding may be unable to safely receive power until the floodwaters recede or their equipment undergoes assessment and repair by a qualified electrician.
  • Once the property owner has made repairs, customers should contact (863)834-9535 to have power safely reconnected.

• Estimated Restoration Times
• We estimate power will be restored Wednesday, October 16 to all customers able to safely receive power. 
• Estimated restoration times can be viewed by zone in the outage map by clicking "View by Zone" in the map legend.


• Personnel

• There are 600 personnel in the field restoring power, five times our normal operation.
  • This includes more than 500 mutual aid personnel from Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Alabama, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida.

• Customer Service

• Customer Service Call Center is open until 10 p.m.
  • We are only taking storm-related calls.
  • Disconnects for non-payment are suspended for all customers. 
• Customers can monitor their outage by visiting our Outage Map. https://lakelandelectric.com/outagemap
• Our lobby is closed.
• Reference our Hurricane Guide for more customer information.