Thousands of customers across Northeast Florida were without power Sunday morning, affecting their ability to heat their homes and businesses during the extreme cold.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is on scene of a deputy-involved shooting near on Blanding Blvd.

Clay County commissioners are considering a proposal to raise the local utility tax from 4% to 10% — a 6% increase that would apply to electric bills for those within unincorporated portions of the county, including Clay Electric members, Clay Electric announced Monday.

Residents in Green Cove Springs lost power due to a vehicle striking a power pole.

Columbia County officials held a meeting Sunday to talk about the recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene.

More than 20,000 customers of Clay Electric were reported without power Saturday morning.

At least 27,000 Columbia County customers were without power Wednesday evening after Hurricane Idalia blew threw the area and left widespread damage.

After an attack on an electric grid in North Carolina, Northeast Florida utility companies say they are fortifying the security around their power grids.

We want to hear from Florida Power and Light, Clay Electric, and/or Beaches Energy customers.

You might get a bit steamed when you open your electric bill after these days of hot temperatures.

Strong winds knocked out power for hundreds in Northeast Florida on Sunday while Georgians were warned against nonessential travel due to the potential for icy conditions.

Following the wind, rain and widespread damage reports across Northeast Florida due to Hurricane Elsa, utility crews were hard at work restoring power to thousands of homes.

A 56-year-old Clay Electric Cooperative employee died Tuesday evening while working in a bucket truck on Northeast 54 Street in Alachua County.

About 15,700 homes were without power Monday evening in Clay County, according to Clay Electric’s outage map.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Wind gusts overnight prompted a few hundred power outages across Northeast Florida as Tropical Storm Eta swept over the state, but there were minimal reports of damage impacting residents here. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, a few outages in Jacksonville left a couple dozen customers without power, according to JEA. Clay Electric reported there were three dozen customers in the dark in Clay County, along with over 170 in Putnam County and more than 300 in Alachua County. TRACKING THE TROPICS: Interactive map | Choose your view of radar/camerasTropical Storm #Eta Advisory 48A: Center of Eta Moving Across North Florida. Eta briefly gained hurricane strength Wednesday morning in the Gulf of Mexico, but weakened significantly before reaching the coast.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Thousands of Clay County residents have been plagued with regular power outages over the past few weeks, and Clay Electric can’t rule out any more outages down the road. RELATED: 8 schools, VA clinic among Clay Electric customers that lost powerOne area that saw a lot of outages was Lake Asbury. Clay Electric told News4Jax the main problem stems from a 30-mile high voltage line that serves thousands of homes and businesses throughout the county. Clay Electric spokeswoman Kathy Richardson said fixing this utility line will take awhile. When News4Jax asked if that mean there would be more outages, Richardson could not guarantee there wouldn’t be more coming.

8 schools, VA clinic among thousands of Clay Electric customers without power for hoursPublished: September 25, 2020, 5:10 pmAn issue with Clay Electric knocked out power for almost 23,000 customers just before 5 a.m. -- nearly 10% of the utility’s customers.

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – An issue with Clay Electric knocked out power for almost 23,000 customers just before 5 a.m. -- nearly 10% of the utility’s customers. Friday At 10:20 a.m., a large number of customers came back on and Clay Electric’s outage map shows residents and businesses dropped to just under 2,000. A spokesperson for Clay Electric said the outage was caused by a transmission line and several crews. The VA’s Middleburg Outpatient Clinic also closed for the day due to the power outage. 🔺TRAFFIC ALERT:There is a large power outage in the Fleming Island area.

Published: May 13, 2020, 8:25 am Updated: May 13, 2020, 9:28 amCLAY COUNTY, Fla. – An outage which interrupted electric services for almost 20,000 people in the Orange Park, Oakleaf Plantation and Argyle Forest areas Tuesday morning has been restored. The Clay Electric outage map shows 18,390 services were affected at the height of disruption. Services were restored in just over an hour. 9 A.M. UPDATE: Power has been restored to most members and we are working as quickly and safely as possible to turn on... Posted by Clay Electric Co-op on Wednesday, May 13, 2020Kathy Richardson with Clay Electric said a fault current in a substation opened a transmission breaker, causing the outage. It’s a protective system reaction feature and everything worked as it was supposed to, according to Richardson.

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Thousands of homes in Clay County were still without power Saturday morning after a large outage that affected about 16,000 customers on Friday in addition to an outage caused by Thursday’s storms. According to Clay Electric, a problem inside the Orange Park district substation led to the outage. LINK: Clay Electric outage mapClay County Fire Rescue was sent to address a downed power line along Wells Road near the Orange Park mall on Friday night, though it’s unclear if was directly responsible for an outage in the area. Clay Electric was sent to the scene. According to Clay Electric, 2,700 homes were still without power on Saturday due to the storm.

LAKE ASBURY, Fla. - Power crews investigating why power went out to about 6,000 customers of Clay Electric Thursday evening found that a small plane had crashed into power lines in a densely wooded area off County Road 218. The plane went down about 1 miles off the highway near Shadowlawn Elementary School. Clay County Fire Rescue said the plane hit a transmission line and caught fire. "(The crews) went ahead and notified the Clay County Sheriff's Office of what they found and we were subsequently notified after that." Bryan said the single-engine plane took off from Haller Airpark, south of Green Cove Springs, at 5:15 p.m.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. - More than 6,000 Clay County residents lost power early Saturday morning when vandals broke into several substations, according to Clay Electric. The utility cooperative's outage map showed the areas without power included Middleburg, Normandy, Lake Asbury and several neighborhoods off Blanding Boulevard at 5 a.m.Brian Kacsan lives in Lake Asbury and was affected by the outage. "I just thought it was our neighborhood and then I got informed it was more than one, 6,000 customers. Clay Electric Cooperate, Inc. was able to get all the power restored later Saturday morning. A spokesman for Clay Electric said depending on how the criminal investigation unfolds, the people who caused the outage could face multiple charges.