Alabama Power restores service to all customers following storms of March 18

In a little more than three days, Alabama Power restored service to more than 222,000 customers affected by the derecho wind event of March 18.
The worst damage took place in the company’s Eastern Division, which included hard-hit areas of Blount, Calhoun, Cleburne, Etowah and St. Clair counties. It resulted in more than 95,000 outages – greater than the region incurred following the devastating tornadoes of April 27, 2011, Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Katrina. By midnight March 21, service was restored to everyone affected by the storms statewide, including customers in the most severely damaged areas of Anniston, Jacksonville, Heflin, Gadsden, Pell City and Oneonta.
More than 3,500 people were involved in the restoration effort, including crews from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Thank you to all our customers who were affected by the storms. We appreciated your patience as crews worked as quickly as possible to restore service.