“There is nothing routine about this storm response.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke Energy crews today restored power to more than 200,000 North Carolina customers after Hurricane Isaias struck the state’s coastal region overnight. Their power came back on late Thursday night, and Quillin said he had one immediate priority. One of those outages was estimated to be fixed around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Thousands of Duke Energy power line technicians and other specialists from the Carolinas, Indiana and Ohio have been making repairs to damaged utility poles, power lines and other equipment since early this morning. Chris Quillin, who lives on Hummingbird Way in Amelia, said he and his wife sent their children to their grandparents' house, where heat and light weren't in limited supply. It employs 29,000 people and has an electric generating capacity of 51,000 megawatts through its regulated utilities and 2,300 megawatts through its nonregulated Duke Energy Renewables unit. However, by Friday morning, the Duke Energy outage map showed about 1,500 customers were still without power. Duke Energy said the other was caused by an object coming into contact with power lines. Duke Energy focuses on restoring power in a sequence that enables power restoration to public health and safety facilities and to the greatest number of customers as safely and quickly as possible. Other hard-hit counties included: Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender and Pitt.

A full freezer will keep the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) if the door remains closed. As of 6 p.m. today, 60,000 customers remained without power. Crews in the field are working carefully, under coronavirus-related safety guidelines, supported by many other teammates working virtually to deliver customer service, communications, supplies, logistics and all the essential work it takes to restore power to our customers.”. Customers who are registered to receive Duke Energy text outage alerts will receive a text once an estimated restoration time is established for their location. Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the largest energy holding companies in the U.S. "This is the type of work that takes considerable manpower and time to complete.". Tips to protect refrigerated food during power outages. AMELIA, Ohio -- "Extensive damage" to infrastructure such as utility poles forced Duke Energy to push back its timetable for complete restoration of power to homes affected by Wednesday morning's storms, the company said in a news release Thursday. Duke Energy expects to restore power to nearly all customers by late Wednesday night, with some power outages continuing into Thursday in the hardest hit communities. Thousands of Upstate residents still in dark after losing power. Are you kidding me?”. Duke Energy encouraged people to be prepared with blankets or make arrangements to stay somewhere else Thursday night if they're still without power.

Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain the cold temperature. To get an update on the power outages, go to Duke Energy's outage map. Duke Energy has restored power after hundreds of customers were left briefly in the dark in Chapel Hill on Thursday afternoon. "We certainly want to thank our customers for their patience and support during this restoration work," Duke Energy storm director Howard Fowler said.

More than 2,000 households are without power in Hamilton County Saturday evening, according to a power outage map on Duke Energy's website. More tips on what to do before, during and after a storm can be found at duke-energy.com/safety-and-preparedness/storm-safety. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. If the power will be out for more than four hours, use coolers to keep refrigerated food cold. North Carolina, They estimated around 5,000 Duke customers would be in the dark by the time work crews restore their electricity Friday evening. When checking on neighbors and friends, be sure to follow, If you need to go to a disaster shelter, follow CDC recommendations for staying safe and healthy in a.

Storms and Outages, "I feel like getting a hot shower tomorrow," he said.