Pennyrile Electric crews made significant progress restoring power to customers on Sunday, with more than 20,000 customers restored.
Vice President of Member Services Brent Gilkey says as of 5:00 Sunday afternoon Pennyrile Electric was currently showing 274 separate outages, affecting 5,993 members. The customers include 736 in the Hopkinsville district, 1,312 in the Cadiz area, 1,783 in the Elkton district, and 2,161 in the Russellville district.
Gilkey says they know those members that are left without power have been out for two days and they appreciate your patience. They still anticipate full restoration to lead into the first of the week.
Gilkey says part of the challenge is addressing all the outages that range in size.
click to download audioGilkey adds some the outages include a large number of customers.
click to download audioGilkey says this outage surpassed the scope of the 2009 Ice Storm.
click to download audioHe adds there are more than 100 linemen working to restore power 24 hours a day.
click to download audioGilkey says it is still too early to predict how long it will take Pennyrile Electric to restore electric power to all customers. Members can track Pennyrile Electric’s progress on their website through a link in this story.