by Brian Burgess | Oct 9, 2022
Power has been restored to about 98 percent of all customers who lost power during Hurricane Ian Cape Coral, served by Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC), is one of the hardest hit areas More than 650 wooden power poles were snapped in Cape Coral, slowing recovery...
by Jordan Kirkland | Oct 5, 2022
Chevron announces $500,000 contribution for hurricane relief $200,000 will go to the Volunteer Florida Foundation Team Rubicon will receive $150,000, while the American Red Cross and the Fuel Relief Fund will each receive a $75,000 donation Chevron Corporation, one...
by Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida | Oct 4, 2022
Florida’s Public Service Commission approved long plans for utilities to add storm-hardened designs to the state’s electric system The price tag will reach billions of dollars to bury neighborhood lines and harden certain infrastructure components...
by Jordan Kirkland | Oct 4, 2022
$150,000 will go to the Red Cross to support relief in the local communities the storm impacted $100,000 will go to the Volunteer Florida Foundation, which assists Florida communities during times of emergency or disaster The Duke Energy Foundation is committing...
by Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida | Sep 30, 2022
After President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration for hard-hit areas in Florida, FEMA now says it will expand that declaration to include more relief About one-third of customers who lost power from the storm have since had power restored, but just under 1.8...
by News Service of Florida | Sep 28, 2022
Ian’s slow movement could hamper power restoration efforts across the state Other states have sent thousands of workers to assist FPL has pre-positioned 16,000 workers in at 24 different strategic staging areas in anticipation of the storm Tampa Electric says...
