4/29/2024
8:15 a.m.
Crews worked through the night assessing damage and restoring power to major circuits. As of right now, we know that we have multiple broken poles and trees on lines.
Gill Members: We have a crew in the area to repair a broken cross arm and remove trees from the line.
Blanchard Members: We have a crew working to repair a broken pole and we have found several trees on the lines. We have a tree crew working in the area as well.
Longwood Members: We have a crew working the Longwood substation area and looking for the issue. Once the issue is found, they will begin repairs.
Waskom Members: We have a crew working to restore power to American Plant Rd, Ireland Williams, Akins, and Concord Rd. We have reports of a trees down and a pole down at this time.
Keithville and Caddo Substation Members: We have crews working to find the issue and restore power.
Again, we have lots of damage throughout our service territory and have requested for additional crews to help with restoration. We appreciate your understanding and will update as information becomes available.
4/28/2024
7:50 pm
A strong storm has moved through the area causing scattered damage and outages. Linemen are assessing issues throughout the service territory.
Members in the Blanchard area: We are currently experiencing outages due to issues on the SWEPCO transmission line.
Members in the Gill area: Linemen have reported that we have two high side fuses blown. We have linemen dispatched to fix the issue.
We will update as information becomes available.
Thank you,
PHEC