Post-Irma, utilities face “one of the largest industry restoration efforts in U.S. history”
Hurricane Irma has left millions people without electricity, as winds, rain and storm surges have brought down grid infrastructure across Florida and Georgia. Utilities were stuck waiting for safer conditions to assess the damage, before they can even begin to work on what is “likely to be one of the largest industry restoration efforts in U.S. history."
That’s how the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) trade group described the challenge facing utilities in the days and weeks to come. More than 6.1 million utility customers were without power in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, it reported.