Alabama Power Going All-Out to Complete Restoration Following Dangerous Storms

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Close to 95 percent of customers who had their electric service disrupted by the damaging waves of weekend storms are back on as Alabama Power crews continue on the path to getting all customers restored.

As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, the power was on for more than 295,000 of the 312,000 customers affected by the severe weather. Among the many communities with service fully restored are metro Mobile, Anniston, Montgomery, Auburn, Selma, Clanton, Roanoke, Pell City, Phenix City and Talladega. Communities in the Wiregrass region also have been restored.

Company crews, along with more than 700 additional personnel from seven states, are now focused on areas with the most severe damage, including sections of Jefferson, Blount, Etowah and Walker counties. Hit hard by the weekend storms, many of these areas are more remote with crews facing multiple trees down in difficult terrain. The downed trees took with them power poles, transformers and multiple spans of wire.

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