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.