Sep 21, 2003
Isabel Update, Sept. 21, 4:30 a.m.: Overnight Work Further Reduces Outage Numbers
PRNewswire-FirstCall
ALLENTOWN, Pa.
This news release is an update of PPL Electric Utilities efforts to restore electricity to customers affected by Tropical Storm Isabel.
Situation: PPL and contract line crews made significant
progress yesterday (9/20) increasing the number
of restored customers to 456,300. More than 450
crews have been working in shifts around the
clock in the restoration effort.
A storm event is considered large if it causes
more than 1,000 individual cases of necessary
system repairs. Isabel has caused about 4,200
cases of trouble.
Most PPL customers are expected to be back in
service by Sunday evening. Some areas will not
be restored until early next week because of
the volume of trouble cases.
The following is a list of estimated
restoration times for all customers by region:
Lehigh Region:
(Including Bethlehem, Allentown)
Sunday afternoon
Bucks and Montgomery Region:
Late Sunday evening
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Region:
Early Sunday afternoon
Pocono Region:
(Including Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties)
Late Sunday evening
Hazleton/Carbon County/Schuylkill County
Region:
Monday evening
Susquehanna Region:
(Including Lycoming, Snyder, Northumberland,
Montour, Columbia, and Clinton counties)
Late Tuesday evening
Harrisburg Region:
(Including Dauphin, Cumberland, Juniata and
Perry counties)
Late Monday evening
Lancaster Region:
(Including York, Berks, Chester and Lebanon
counties)
Tuesday evening
PPL crews will continue to work around the
clock to restore power. It is important to
remember that these are estimated restoration
times. These regions could receive power
earlier than this forecast.
Customers Restored: 456,000 as of 4:30 a.m. EDT Sunday (9/21)
Customers Without Power: 36,000 as of 4:30 a.m. EDT Sunday (9/21)
Affected Areas: The entire 29-county service area of PPL
Electric Utilities in eastern and central
Pennsylvania has been affected.
Number of Repairs Pending: 2,085
Cause of Outages: Fallen trees and tree limbs.
Additional Information: Outage figures are updated continuously on
PPL's news media Web site: www.pplnewsroom.com.
The Web site also lists contact information for
each part of the company's service area.
Customers should call PPL Electric Utilities'
toll free number, 800-342-5775 (800-DIAL PPL)
to report outages, fallen wires or special
needs.
NOTES TO EDITORS: During storm emergencies, reporters can view updated
PPL Electric Utilities storm information by visiting our news Web site at
www.pplnewsroom.com. The StormOutage feature provides system-wide and regional
information.
SOURCE: PPL Corporation
CONTACT: Andy Hallmark of PPL Corporation, +1-610-774-5997, or fax
+1-610-774-5281
Web site: http://www.pplweb.com/
http://www.pplnewsroom.com/
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