BLUEBONNET ELECTRIC SAYS MOST CUSTOMERS HAVE POWER RESTORED

  

Blue Bonnet Electric is reporting that power has been restored to most of the service area, and according to Will Holford of Blue Bonnet Electric, crews worked through the evening, and had full power restored around 4am, and says that repairing wires took up most of the repair time.

 

Here are the statistics for the storm and the repairs:

Outage information, 2 a.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday 

System wide:

Total power outages: 374

Total members affected: 9,523

Total number of calls responded to: 448 

Washington County area:

Power outages: 192

Members affected: 6,409

Number of calls: 238 

Lee County area:

Power outages: 99

Members affected: 1,157

Number of calls: 108 

Red Rock area:

Power outages: 83

Members affected: 1,957

Number of calls: 102 

Severe storms moved through Bluebonnet’s service area, west to east, beginning at 2 a.m. Monday, April 27. We began experiencing power outages Monday at 2 a.m., and power was fully restored to all reported outages by 4 a.m. today.   

These storms caused significant damage to our electric system. The Washington County area experienced the most damage due to high winds and lightning. High winds toppled trees and broke branches, poles cross arms and power lines. That type of damage knocks power to dozens to thousands of members and is very time-consuming to repair. Direct lightning strikes were also responsible for damage to poles, cross arms, transformers and blown fuses. Changing poles, cross arms and transformers are also time-consuming, labor-intensive repairs.  

At the height of power restoration activities beginning Monday morning and lasting well into Monday night, we had about 100 employees and contractors working to restore power. Most of our employees and contractors were working in the Washington County area. We greatly appreciate our members’ patience and understanding during a very difficult day while we worked to restore their power as quickly and safely as possible.