Restoring electricity to thousands of Georgia residents is still the challenge this morning in the wake of the weekend’s winter storms that moved through.
Georgia EMC says there are still 13,000 of its customers without power. The outages are mainly concentrated in the northeast Georgia counties of Madison and Jackson. Georgia EMC crews are working to repair two sub-stations, along with a couple dozen poles damaged from the storm.
Georgia Power tells GPB this morning it is down to 1,500 customers still in the dark--all in the northeast portion of the state. It expects all power to be restored by this afternoon.
There are also a handful of county school system closings for today:
Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, and Oconee counties. Elbert County schools will delay opening by a couple of hours.
Georgia EMC says there are still 13,000 of its customers without power. The outages are mainly concentrated in the northeast Georgia counties of Madison and Jackson. Georgia EMC crews are working to repair two sub-stations, along with a couple dozen poles damaged from the storm.
Georgia Power tells GPB this morning it is down to 1,500 customers still in the dark--all in the northeast portion of the state. It expects all power to be restored by this afternoon.
There are also a handful of county school system closings for today:
Clarke, Hart, Jackson, Madison, and Oconee counties. Elbert County schools will delay opening by a couple of hours.
