Nearly 89 percent of Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers who lost electrical power during the weekend tornadoes that killed four persons and injured dozens of others had power restored as of mid-day Monday.
OG&E reported that 5,400 customers were still without power while about 1,200 personnel worked to restore electricity to the cities and towns affected by the severe weather. Many were sent to southern Oklahoma where tornadoes caused extreme damage and destruction in the cit of Sulphur, Marietta and Ardmore.
The utility company said about 90 percent of its storm damage assement in Ardmore and Sulphur was complete as of Monday.
“We understand how important it is for our customers to have power. Our crews have been and will continue to work around the clock until power is fully restored,” said the utility in announcing its latest update on power restoration efforts.
Estimated Times of Restoration (ETRs) are not available for Ardmore, Sulphur and parts of Holdenville, along with other southeastern cities in our service area until damage assessments are complete. Flooding, road closures and storm debris slow progress of assessments and restoration.
Once the power grid is repaired, OG&E will prioritize restoration for the community’s essential services, such as hospitals, police stations, fire departments, public works and other critical infrastructure. As those facilities come online, we will turn our attention to individual homes and businesses experiencing an outage.
Members of the Oklahoma Electric Cooperative Association are dealing with the same power restoration challenges. Some of the hardest hit areas include Hughes, Carter, LeFlore and Love counties.
- Logan County (AR)
- 9 member-consumers without power.
- Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corp.: 9
- Madison County (AR)
- 2 member-consumers without power.
- Ozarks Electric Cooperative: 2
- Scott County (AR)
- 2 member-consumers without power.
- Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corp.: 2
- Carter County (OK)
- 159 member-consumers without power.
- Red River Valley Rural Electric Association: 159
- Garvin County (OK)
- 2 member-consumers without power.
- People’s Electric Cooperative: 1
- Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
- Grant County (OK)
- 2 member-consumers without power.
- Kay Electric Cooperative: 2
- Hughes County (OK)
- 313 member-consumers without power.
- Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 313
- Kay County (OK)
- 7 member-consumers without power.
- Kay Electric Cooperative: 7
- Le Flore County (OK)
- 43 member-consumers without power.
- Kiamichi Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 43
- Lincoln County (OK)
- 1 member-consumers without power.
- Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 1
- Love County (OK)
- 79 member-consumers without power.
- Red River Valley Rural Electric Association: 79
- Marshall County (OK)
- 11 member-consumers without power.
- Red River Valley Rural Electric Association: 11
- McClain County (OK)
- 1 member-consumers without power.
- Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
- McCurtain County (OK)
- 38 member-consumers without power.
- Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 38
- Murray County (OK)
- 20 member-consumers without power.
- People’s Electric Cooperative: 20
- Okfuskee County (OK)
- 27 member-consumers without power.
- Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 27
- Ottawa County (OK)
- 1 member-consumers without power.
- Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative: 1
- Payne County (OK)
- 25 member-consumers without power.
- Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 25
- Pushmataha County (OK)
- 1 member-consumers without power.
- Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
- Roger Mills County (OK)
- 2 member-consumers without power.
- Northfork Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 2
- Seminole County (OK)
- 33 member-consumers without power.
- Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 33
- Sequoyah County (OK)
- 1 member-consumers without power.
- Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
- Texas County (OK)
- 3 member-consumers without power.
- Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 3
- Woodward County (OK)
- 1 member-consumers without power.
- Northwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
For the latest information, visit OGE.com/StormCenter.