Duke Energy makes progress on power restorations in Ohio and Kentucky
Published on April 3, 2016 Duke Energy crews restored power to nearly 88 percent of Ohio and Kentucky customers who lost it as a result of strong winds on Saturday evening.
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Duke Energy makes progress on power restorations in Indiana
Published on April 3, 2016Duke Energy crews restored power to about 91 percent of Indiana customers who lost it as a result of strong winds on Saturday afternoon.
Power crews working to restore electricity in Ohio and Kentucky
Published on April 3, 2016More than 8,000 Duke Energy customers in Ohio and Kentucky remain without electric service following powerful winds on Saturday. This is down from a high of nearly 50,000 customer outages on Saturday night.
Power crews working to restore electricity in Indiana
Published on April 3, 2016More than 7,500 Duke Energy customers in Indiana remain without electric service following powerful winds on Saturday. This is down from a high of nearly 48,500 customer outages on Saturday night.
Advisory: Duke Energy reminds customers how to stay safe following the severe weather
Published on February 24, 2016High winds and severe thunderstorms are forecasted to impact the Carolinas today and early Thursday.
Alert declared and exited at Brunswick Nuclear Plant
Published on February 7, 2016Officials at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant declared an Alert today at 1:26 p.m. due to damage in an electrical panel. The Alert was downgraded to an Unusual Event classification at 5:30 p.m. as plant operators realigned plant equipment.
Duke Energy nears goal line Sunday in restoring power outages
Published on January 24, 2016Duke Energy currently has 50,000 remaining outages in the Carolinas after a winter storm affected customers over the past few days. Bobby Simpson, Duke Energy's storm director, says he expects nearly all remaining customers to have power Sunday. The company has had as many as 7,000 workers in the field since Friday working to restore outages caused by snow, ice, sleet and high winds.
Duke Energy's ground game makes progress on storm outages
Published on January 23, 2016More than 7,000 workers made a major dent in the power outages today as Duke Energy responded to the winter storm that rolled through the Carolinas all-day Friday. As of 7 p.m. today, the company has roughly 75,000 current power outages – half the 150,000 the company started with earlier today. More than 400,000 outages have been restored.
Duke Energy tackles power restoration in storm's aftermath
Published on January 23, 2016The aftermath of a winter storm that rolled through the Carolinas Friday has Duke Energy workers restoring power to more than 150,000 customers remaining without electricity.
Duke Energy crews will follow the outages
Published on January 22, 2016As this unpredictable winter storm continues to unfold, Duke Energy is strategically moving crews to those areas affected throughout the Carolinas.