10-2-24 SVEC POWER OUTAGE UPDATE

Second County Reaches 95% Restored as Work Continues

LIVE OAK, Fla., October 2, 2024 (10:00 a.m.) – Power has been restored to over 25,000 (89%) Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) consumer-members and the full complement of 1,482 lineworkers, tree clearers and support staff are working in all four of the co-op’s counties again today.

SVEC achieved its goal of restoring power to 95% of its consumer-members in Columbia County by 11:59 p.m. last night (now 95.9%). The cooperative achieved its goal for Lafayette County Monday night, and the goal remains to restore power to at least 95% of the co-op’s consumer-members in Hamilton and Suwannee counties by the following times:

Hamilton – 11:59 p.m. tonight, Oct. 2.
Suwannee – 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3.

County	Consumers	# Out	% Out	# On	% On
Columbia	2,132	88	4.1%	2,044	95.9%
Hamilton	4,186	1,247	29.8%	2,939	70.2%
Lafayette	3,587	112	3.1%	3,475	96.9%
Suwannee	18,962	1,791	9.4%	17,171	90.6%
TOTAL	28,867	3,238	11.2%	25,629	88.8%

There have been 3,003 documented damages to SVEC’s electric system, including 669 broken poles.