Blue Ridge Electric Service Update

As of 11:45 a.m. today, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative had 3,611 members remaining without electric service. The by-county breakdown:

• Anderson 0

• Greenville 1,211

• Oconee 711

• Pickens 1,641

• Spartanburg 28

Crews have restored power to 785 members since daybreak today. Thus far, linemen have encountered 33 broken poles. A broken pole, on average, quadruples the time required to repair an outage. Crews are working in all the geographical areas where outages have been reported. Further progress on clearing up these trouble spots during the afternoon hours is anticipated.

To report an outage: 1-888-BLUERIDGE