Dec 13, 2000
PPL Wrapping Up Recovery from Wind Storm
PRNewswire
ALLENTOWN, Pa.
Situation: PPL crews continue to restore service to
customers affected by Tuesday's (12/12) wind
storm. Since 6 a.m. Tuesday, PPL has restored
service to 94,000 customers. PPL crews worked
through the night. They will be supplemented
this afternoon by 35 crews arriving from Hydro
Quebec in Canada.
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Customers Without Power: 1,400 as of 8 a.m.
Affected Areas: Honesdale, Bloomsburg, Sunbury
Number of Jobs Pending: 146
Cause of Outages: High wind has caused tree limbs and branches to
fall into power lines. There are trees on
wires, wires down and poles broken.
Est. Restoration Time: The remaining customers will be back in service
by tonight.
Additional Information: The line crews from Canada will be working in
Wayne and Pike counties. PPL has arranged
with local volunteers to serve as translators
for the French-speaking crews and foremen. For
more information, contact Paul Canevari,
570-620-3310. PPL is monitoring the weather
as a snow and ice storm approaches. The storm
is expected to arrive tonight. PPL will have
crews ready to respond to any customer
outages.
Customers with special needs should call PPL
toll-free at 1-800-342-5775. PPL has called
more than 3,000 customers who were expected to
be without electric service for 24 hours.
During storm emergencies, reporters can receive updated PPL Utilities storm information by visiting our news web site at http://www.pplnewsroom.com/. At that time, the StormOutage feature will be activated to give system-wide and regional information.
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SOURCE: PPL Corporation
Contact: George Lewis of PPL, 610-774-5997, or Fax, 610-774-5281
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