Hurricane Idalia’s power disruptions affected important service providers in Central Florida

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The Florida Public Service Commission started tracking power disruptions caused by Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday.

The PSC stated 288,248 accounts were without power statewide as of 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia counties make up News 6’s target market region.

At 3 p.m., the following outage numbers were reported:

  • Brevard: 420
    • FPL – 420
    • Duke – 0
    • Cooperatives – 0
  • Flagler: 20
    • FPL – 20
    • Duke – 0
    • Cooperatives – 0
  • Lake: 239
    • Duke – 203
    • Cooperatives – 3
    • Municipals – 33
  • Marion: 4,496
    • Duke – 2,833
    • Cooperatives – 1,600
    • Municipals – 63
  • Orange: 409
    • FPL – 0
    • Duke – 395
    • Municipals – 14
  • Osceola: 534
    • FPL – 0
    • Duke – 530
    • Cooperatives – 0
    • Municipals – 5
  • Polk: 651
    • Duke – 52
    • TECO – 17
    • Cooperatives – 582
    • Municipals – 0
  • Seminole: 342
    • FPL – 0
    • Duke – 33
  • Sumter: 1,056
    • Duke – 2
    • Cooperatives – 1,054
    • Municipals – 0
  • Volusia: 2,180
    • FPL – 510
    • Duke – 418
    • Cooperatives – 2
    • Municipals – 9

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