The largest hurricane restoration force ever assembled by Florida Power & Light Company has restored power to 2.5 million customers, 77 percent of the 3.2 million customers left without power by Hurricane Wilma seven days ago. About 740,000 customers remain without power.
Repair crews also have completed restoration to essentially all customers in Okeechobee and Indian River counties. FPL now is asking any customers without power in these two counties as well as Lee, Hendry and Collier counties on the west coast, and St. Lucie and Martin counties on the treasure coast, to report their outage by calling 1-800-4OUTAGE.
FPL announced the following advanced restoration completion times when essentially all customers will receive service: Lee, Hendry and Collier counties by the end of the day Nov. 3; St. Lucie and Martin counties by the end of the day Nov. 4; and Palm Beach County south of PGA Blvd., Broward County and Miami-Dade County north of SW 88 St. by the end of the day Nov. 13.
The above dates represent when essentially all customers in these areas will have electric service restored. Most customers will receive power before then. For an updated restoration map, visit www.FPL.com.
As FPL and assisting crews complete restoration work in the west coast and treasure coast counties, many will move to the tri-county South Florida area to bolster the restoration effort in this hardest hit area. FPL has assembled a restoration workforce totaling more than 18,000 line, tree clearing and support personnel from 33 states and Canada. Crews are operating out of FPL service center locations as well as 19 staging sites.
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