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Electric Utility Operations

Hurricane Delta: Behind the Scenes of the Restoration

Oct. 17, 2020

Utility companies share their strategies and challenges with restoring power.

More than 18,500 workers from at least 27 states worked day and night to restore power to the customers and communities impacted by Hurricane Delta, according to a recent update from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).

As of 5 p.m. EDT on Oct. 13, about 95,800 customers were without power as a result of Delta in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, down from a peak of nearly 824,000. Crews already have restored power to nearly 90 percent of all impacted customers who are able to receive power, less than four days after the storm made landfall, the EEI stated.

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration as told in videos on social media.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].