Thousands of customers across Northeast Florida were without power Sunday morning, affecting their ability to heat their homes and businesses during the extreme cold.
According to Clay Electric, a little less than 700 customers were affected on Sunday morning, with several outages caused by limbs falling during the freezing temperatures.
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In Fleming Island, outages were being reported off U.S. 17. Another outage was affecting the Doctors Lake area, between U.S. 301 and County Road 200A, and the largest outage Sunday morning was in Keystone Heights, where over 400 customers were without power.
Spokesperson Nick Jones shared the following statement:
While the cold has created some challenges, crews are out in the field making steady progress, and conditions are improving as temperatures rise. Lineworkers are actively restoring service as safely and quickly as possible, with priority given to outages affecting critical facilities and larger groups of members.
In the meantime, we encourage members to report outages through their MyClayElectric account or by calling our outage line, and to use caution with generators and space heaters. We appreciate our members’ patience as crews finish up restoration.”
To see the current power outages in Clay County or to report one in your area, go to clayelectric.outagemap.coop/.
In Jacksonville, JEA reported about 4,500 customers without power around 7 a.m. with crews working to restore power as quickly as possible.
By 8:15 a.m, the number of customers without power was down to about 2,500
To see the current JEA power outage map or to report an outage in your area, go to www.jea.com/outage_center/outage_map/.
Florida Power and Light was dealing with significant outages on Sunday morning also, including in Flagler County, Nassau County and Columbia County.
To see the current power outages or to report an outage in your area go to www.fplmaps.com/.
Those who have lost power and can not heat their homes are encouraged to seek shelter at a local warming center until the extreme cold has passed.
The City of Jacksonville has activated its Warming Center Contingency Plan and has extended the service through Monday, Feb. 2.
The warming center at The Legends Center at 5130 Soutel Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32208, will remain open until noon on Sunday, and JTA buses will transport vulnerable residents free of charge to and from the Legends Center from stops throughout Duval County.
Residents using the warming center are asked to bring bedding such as air mattresses, blankets and pillows; snacks and medication; games, toys and books; and hygiene and comfort items. Only service animals are permitted.
For a full list of shelters across our area, click here.