September 18, 2018 - EIA has issued a Hurricane Florence Electricity Status Report once or twice a day as conditions warranted. This will be the final report in the series. 

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Weather: Post-tropical cyclone Florence is producing rain over many Mid-Atlantic and New England states. Expected rainfall is 1 to 2 inches with some areas receiving up to 4 inches through Tuesday. Some flooding continues in portions of the Carolinas.

Electricity: Loads in the Carolinas region began returning to pre-hurricane levels on Monday, particularly for DUK and SCEG, while today’s forecasts indicate continued recovery, especially for CPLE. SCEG’s reported load for yesterday returned to pre-hurricane levels faster than originally forecast.

Generators: As load recovers, the generation mix is also returning to pre-hurricane patterns. The Brunswick nuclear plant remains offline, and the McGuire nuclear plant remains at 50% outage for maintenance. 

Customers: As of 9:30 a.m., about 339,400 customers in North Carolina, 3,000 customers in South Carolina, and 6,500 customers in Virginia have reported electricity outages, roughly 6.6%, 0.1%, and 0.2% of the customers in the states, respectively. Outage numbers are falling across the region as restoration is underway.