Hurricane Wilma News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2005
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HURRICANE WILMA
 POWER BRIEFING SHEET
As of 7 a.m., October 25, 2005

***The information below represents the best available information at the time of this release. Floridians are encouraged to contact their local authorities for additional information as it becomes available.***

SUMMARY

After the landfall of Hurricane Wilma in South Florida, close to 3.25 million customers across 19 counties are affected by power outages.

Power outages are affecting approximately 2.98 million FPL customers, 1,259 Progress Energy customers, 120,100 municipal customers and 140,268 cooperative customers.

COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN

ALACHUA COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

BREVARD COUNTY

• 4% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 10,000 of 273,909 FPL customers without power.
• Power restored to all Progress Energy customers.

BROWARD COUNTY

• 98% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 859,200 of 880,373 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 24 cooperative customers without power.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY

• 3% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 1,700 of 95,737 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 722 cooperative customers without power.

CITRUS COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

COLLIER COUNTY

• 77% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 129,600 of 177,961 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 28,414 cooperative customers without power.

COLUMBIA COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

DADE COUNTY

• 94% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 915,600 of 969,676 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 15,000 municipal customers without power.

DESOTO COUNTY

• 6% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 900 of 14,368 FPL customers without power.

DIXIE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

FRANKLIN COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

GLADES COUNTY

• 89% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 2,600 of 3,371 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 3,183 cooperative customers without power.
• Approximately 900 municipal customers without power.

HARDEE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

HENDRY COUNTY

• 87% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 6,500 of 8,506 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 3,993 cooperative customers without power.
• Approximately 3,900 municipal customers without power.

HIGHLANDS COUNTY

• 15% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 1,259 of 50,407 Progress Energy customers without power.
• Approximately 7,258 cooperative customers without power.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

• 82% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 40,100 of 45,719 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 24,000 municipal customers without power.

JEFFERSON COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

LAFAYETTE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

LAKE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

LEE COUNTY

• 69% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 168,300 of 208,331 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 72,593 cooperative customers without power.

MANATEE COUNTY

• 2% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 4,000 of 161,585 FPL customers without power.

MARION COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

MARTIN COUNTY

• 97% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 83,400 of 85,663 FPL customers without power.

MONROE COUNTY

• 83% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 22,000 cooperative customers without power.
• Approximately 26,300 municipal customers without power.

OKEECHOBEE COUNTY

• 82% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 14,800 of 18,395 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 2,081 cooperative customers without power.

ORANGE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

OSCEOLA COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

PALM BEACH COUNTY

• 95% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 645,600 of 677,523 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 27,000 municipal customers without power.

PASCO COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

PINELLAS COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

POLK COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

PUTNAM COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

SARASOTA COUNTY

• 2% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 4,700 of 233,831 FPL customers without power.

SEMINOLE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY

• 96% of total customers without power.
• Approximately 102,000 of 104,010 FPL customers without power.
• Approximately 23,000 municipal customers without power.

SUMTER COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

SUWANNEE COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

TAYLOR COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

VOLUSIA COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

WAKULLA COUNTY

• Power restored to all customers.

 

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