Severe storms have left more than 620,000 customers in the United States without power as of late on Sunday amid extreme weather in several states in recent days, with up to 2% of customers without electricity in some areas.
More than 623,000 customers across Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, and Texas were out of power as of Sunday night, according to PowerOutage.com, which tracks live power outages in the United States.
Michigan and Pennsylvania had the highest share of customers out of power, at 2% and 1.7%, according to the tracker.
Pennsylvania’s PPL Electric Utilities said that since the storm began this weekend, it had restored power to more than 130,000 customers, “but significant work remains as crews continue repairing extensive damage and rebuilding portions of the electric system.”
The storm is one of the most significant and impactful storms in PPL Electric’s history. Since Friday, the utility has identified more than 2,360 individual locations of damage, including downed wires, broken poles, and damaged equipment.
“Due to the extensive damage caused by this storm, restoration is expected to be a multi-day effort, with restoration work continuing through Wednesday, July 8,” PPL said.
In Michigan, DTE Energy said that it estimates that 85%-90% of impacted customers would be restored by the end of the day today, Sunday, July 5.
In New York, crews have restored power to more than 166,800 of the approximately 173,700 customers impacted by extreme weather, from record-breaking heat to severe thunderstorms with destructive wind gusts, Con Edison said early on Monday.
The severe storms of the past hours followed an extreme heat wave in many parts of the U.S., during which PJM Interconnection, the operator of the largest U.S. electric grid, late last week issued a maximum generation alert, asking power producers to maximize electricity generation amid soaring demand.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
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