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Puerto Rico electricity service slow to return after Hurricane Maria

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2/3 of electricity generation located in south portion of island, most of population in north More than one month after Hurricane Maria made landfall, electricity service has not been restored to most residents of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As of Monday morning, the Puerto Rico Electric […]

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American nuclear power plant outages were relatively low this summer – EIA

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Hurricane Irma led to unscheduled outages at both of Florida’s nuclear power plants U.S. nuclear power plant outages averaged 4.6 gigawatts (GW) during the summer of 2017 (June through Aug.), 10 per cent lower than outages during the summer of 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nuclear outages were highest in June, averaging 7.4 GW, but

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Hurricane Irma cut power to nearly two-thirds of Florida’s electricity customers

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After Hurricane Irma made landfall, 64% lower power demand then during same hours in 2016 Hurricane Irma struck Florida on Sept. 10, 2017, and knocked out power to 6.7 million electricity customers—64 per cent of all customer accounts in the state, according to reports compiled by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. About 100,000 customers (1

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Hurricane Harvey caused electric system outages, affected wind generation in Texas – EIA

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 Wind speeds reached 130 mph as Hurricane Harvey made landfall Hurricane Harvey caused substantial electricity outages, as power plants and transmission infrastructure—particularly in south Texas and along the Gulf Coast—were affected by high winds and significant flooding, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At its peak, more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generating

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Hurricane Matthew caused millions of customers to go without power

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Hurricane Matthew resulted in temporary electricity outages for millions of customers along the southern Atlantic Coast. Matthew was a Category 3 hurricane when it hit the east coast of Florida, just north of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, on Thursday, Oct. 6, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The hurricane traveled north along the

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EIA data show average frequency and duration of electric power outages

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Investor-owned customers averaged three hours without electric service, while co-op customers averaged five hours without power Interruptions in electricity service vary by frequency and duration throughout the country across the many electric distribution systems that serve roughly 145 million customers in the US., according to the US Energy Information Administration. Although some distribution customers have

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East Coast winter storm was a whopper: 1M customers without power

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Duke Energy was utility with most outages – nearly 500,000 customers losing power in North Carolina, South Carolina The severe winter storm that began Friday, Jan, 22, and continued through Saturday damaged energy infrastructure throughout much of the eastern United States, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Heavy snowfall, high winds, and ice knocked out

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