Coast Electric Hurricane Francine Update: 2:30 p.m. September 12th, 2024
Kiln, Miss. – Coast Electric currently has 1,500+ outages this afternoon scattered across their service area, but most are in Pearl River County.
The co-op has restored service to more than 11,500 members since daylight.
The primary cause of outages is trees on lines, damaged equipment and broken poles. Coast Electric has over 500 crew members working to restore service to members and have begun to shift manpower to Pearl River County where the majority of outages remain.
Coast Electric will not stop working today until they restore power to all meters that can receive power. As additional repairs are made to equipment, it could cause a temporary outage.
They are unable to access some areas of Hancock County due to flood waters and meter issues.
CoastConnect currently has 1,100 outages. Fiber crews are out restoring service.
The Picayune office lobby is closed today but the drive thru is open. Offices in Poplarville, Kiln, Bay St. Louis, Gulfport and Biloxi are open for regular business hours. The call center is open and assisting members.
Reminders for members:
- Allow crews space to work safely.
- Generator safety tips: https://coastelectric.coop/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Generator-safety-accessible-w-nd-statement-aug-16.pdf
- How we restore service: https://coastelectric.coop/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RESTOREPOWER-accessible-w-nd-statement-july-16-1.pdf
- We will keep members updated on our websites and on our social media accounts. They can access information on our Storm Pages:
- CoastConnect – https://coastconnect.com/storm-readiness/
- Coast Electric – https://coastelectric.coop/storm-center/
- Coast Electric outage map: https://outages.coastelectric.coop/
- Coast Electric CANNOT take outage reports on social media. Members should report outages on the website outage map, via text at 352667, on our CE on the go app or by calling 877-769-2372.
