As of 6:00 AM on Saturday, Oct. 10, all hands are on deck as our crews begin the work of restoring power following Hurricane Isaias' landfall last night.

Around 71,000 CHELCO members are currently without power, affecting approximately 92% of our entire system. We know how difficult these outages are for our members, and our crews and contractors are working to restore service as safely and efficiently as possible.

⚡ Outages by County:

Okaloosa County - 17,383 (78% out)

Walton - 52,255 (98% out)

Holmes - 300 (99% out)

Santa Rosa - 181 (99% out)

⚠️ STAY SAFE:

🔴 Stay off the roads whenever possible.

🔴 If you must drive, slow down and watch for fallen trees and power lines. Please give our crews and contractors plenty of room to work safely.

🔴 Stay far away from downed power lines and always assume they are energized.

📍 Monitor outages:

https://outageview.chelco.com:8080/

🚨 While 911 should always be used for life-threatening emergencies, 211 can help with non-emergency needs and information, including available shelter, food, transportation, housing assistance, recovery resources, and other essential services. United Way Emerald Coast

📱 At this time, our phone systems are still down due to an issue on our provider's end. Our IT team is actively working with the provider to restore service as soon as possible.

We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding as our crews work to put the pieces back together.

Thank you to Lee County Electric, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc., Clay Electric Co-op, Chain Electric Company, SECO Energy, Okefenoke REMC, Pike Electric, LineCo, Southland Utility Services, Inc., HTC, Davey, OSR, and Tempest Energy, LLC and all CHELCO staff for being here to restore power for our members.

We are in this together, and we will get through this together.