Five days after Milton, fewer than 5,000 Central Florida customers still without power

Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel on Oct 14, 2024

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Most Central Floridians who lost power during Hurricane Milton got it back right after the storm or over the weekend, with fewer than 5,000 Central Florida utility customers still in the dark on Monday.

In Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties, just 4,790 out of the more than 1.3 million customers remain without power, with the lion’s share in Orange and Lake, according to poweroutage.us, which collects data from utilities nationwide.

Tens of thousands of customers got their lights back on over the weekend. As of Saturday afternoon, 77,355 customers were still without power in Orange, Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties. Last Friday, roughly 200,000 customers in the four-county area were waiting for their power to be restored.

The area’s largest utilities, Orlando Utilities Commission and Duke Energy, said last week they would restore power for most customers by the end of Sunday and it appears they kept that promise.

Still, 369,502 utility customers across the state remained without power on Monday, according to poweroutage.us, down from a high of more than 3.5 million. Most of the customers still waiting are on the Gulf Coast between the Tampa Bay area and Sarasota. Duke Energy said Monday in a press release it had whittled the number of its Florida customers without power from 1 million to roughly 105,000.

OUC had just 11 Orange County customers left in the dark on Monday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us.

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