(Reuters) – More than 1.28 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene made landfall as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
The utility company with the most number of customers affected was Duke Energy, which had over 380,000 clients without power.
It was followed by Florida Power & Light Company (NEEPWR.UL), with more than 220,000 customers cut off in the state.
“We anticipate landfall will bring the most significant damage to our infrastructure in the Panhandle and Big Bend area that will likely cause extended outage durations,” Todd Fountain, Duke Energy storm director, said in a statement.
Here are the major outages by utility in Florida:
Companies with most customers affected | Outages |
Florida Power & Light Company | 222,516 |
Duke Energy | 386,706 |
Tampa Electric | 78,998 |
JEA | 131,831 |
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative | 28,848 |
Withlacoochee River Electric Coop | 42,526 |
Gainesville Regional Utilities | 55,430 |
Tri-County Electric Coop | 20,056 |
Clay Electric Coop | 105,855 |
Central Florida Electric Cooperative | 32,312 |
Talquin Electric Cooperative | 35,167 |
City of Tallahassee | 53,071 |
Total (includes some other companies) | 1,280,503 |
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