Following closely was Florida Power & Light Company, with over 220,000 customers impacted in the state.
As Hurricane Helene struck Florida, over 1.28 million homes and businesses were left without power on Friday, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
The hardest-hit utility company was Duke Energy, which reported more than 380,000 customers without service, Reuters reports.
Following closely was Florida Power & Light Company, with over 220,000 customers impacted in the state.
“We anticipate landfall will bring the most significant damage to our infrastructure in the Panhandle and Big Bend area that will likely cause extended outage durations,” Todd Fountain, Duke Energy storm director, said in a statement.
Here are the major outages by utility in Florida:
Florida Power & Light Company: 222,516
Duke Energy: 386,706
Tampa Electric: 78,998
JEA: 131,831
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative: 28,848
Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative: 42,526
Gainesville Regional Utilities: 55,430
Tri-County Electric Cooperative: 20,056
Clay Electric Cooperative: 105,855
Central Florida Electric Cooperative: 32,312
Talquin Electric Cooperative: 35,167
City of Tallahassee: 53,071
The total includes some other companies: 1,280,503.
