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Power still off for 23,000

January 31, 2009|HERB BROCK

Both Kentucky Utilities and Inter-County Energy report significant progress in their power restoration efforts in the five-county area.

Right after the ice storm hit Tuesday, a total of nearly 40,000 customers of the two utilities in Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties lost power. Each utility had about 19,000 to 20,000 households without power.

As of this morning, power had been restored to about 24,000 KU and Inter-County customers. KU reported that it still had 11,750 customers without power, and Inter-County said it had about 12,000 customers in the same shape.

According to a report issued at 9 a.m. today from KU spokesman Cliff Feltham, 5,950 customers in Boyle County were still affected.

Danville's east side the worst

"The east side of Danville and the Streamland area were the hardest hit in Danville, and we are still working those areas and others all around the city of Danville," he said.

Crews from utility companies in Chattanooga and Connecticut have joined KU crews from this area, Lexington and Midway in the restoration effort in the Danville area, Feltham said.

Priority was given to water treatment plants, hospitals, emergency service facilities and nursing homes when KU's restoration efforts began early last week, he said. Now, crews are focusing on commercial and residential properties, he said.

KU customers still without power in other area counties as of this morning were 3,150 in Mercer; 1,100 in Garrard; and 1,550 in Lincoln, Feltham said.

Inter-County spokeswoman Sheree Gilliam said the focus of the utility's restoration efforts on Friday in Boyle County were the Alum Springs area and the Old Bridge area. Work was to continue in those and nearby areas today.

Gilliam said power was restored on Friday to many customers in the Peninsula subdivision and other residential areas along Herrington Lake and the Mount Hebron Road area of Garrard County; the Greasy Ridge Road, Ottenheim and Knob Lick Road areas of Lincoln County; and the area along U.S. 68 to Ward's Branch Road in Mercer County.

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