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FRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE

As of Friday at 5:00 p.m., 14,391 members remain without power.

Service has been restored to 49,478 members, representing 78% of our member-base.

We are entering the most difficult phase of the rebuilding and restoration process.

Although crews are making steady progress and continuing to restore power to more members each day, most of the remaining outages are concentrated in the most damaged, rural areas of our system. After assessing progress made up to this point, by our best estimate, members in these areas may remain without power through October 11. This time frame doesn’t apply to everyone – this is an outside estimate.

We understand that isn’t the news you want to hear, and we don’t like giving such a long-estimated time of restoration. However, we want members still without power to be able to make necessary plans and preparations.

As an electric cooperative, in addition to larger towns and cities, we also serve some of the most rural and rugged areas our state has to offer. Many of our electric lines are along secondary roads in remote communities. While the co-op is diligent in keeping rights-of-way clear, those lines are still vulnerable to more trees than in town – especially with a storm like Helene.

In our rural areas, one mile of line might serve just 10 members, as opposed to 400 in a subdivision in a place like Greenville. It takes longer to reach these rural members, and the hours we spend clearing one road and restoring one line ultimately benefits fewer people. That’s a big reason our restoration numbers aren’t climbing as quickly as any of us would like in those areas.

Our crews are working hard to address the damage, but we are facing significant challenges, especially in rural areas. By our most recent assessment, we have 500 broken poles and counting.

Replacing broken poles typically takes 2-4 hours as crews must remove the old one, set the new one, and restring lines. However, crews in the field have reported it is taking hours to cut through trees and debris to reach equipment, making the process even longer.

The co-op has 250 crews representing more than 537 line technicians and right-of-way workers operating now, including mutual aid workers from 17 states, and more are on the way.

They’re working in rotating shifts 24 hours a day in all parts of our service area, replacing poles, restringing distribution lines, rebuilding circuits, and making repairs in seven Upstate counties. The extensive damage to our system means there is still significant work to do before power is fully restored to every member.

As more of our system becomes energized, it is extremely important to stay away from downed power lines and anything they touch.

The co-op cannot provide more specific estimated time of restoration yet but will share that information as soon as it is available. For the most up-to-date outage information, look for our updates here.

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