Dive Summary:
- Appalachian Power (AP) says it will be days before electricity is restored to every customer who has been left without service in southwestern Virginia.
- The winter storm knocked out power to 128,000 customers in the region and about 79,000 AP customers had no power on Friday.
- The utility says thousands of crew members are working to restore service and expects power to be back on in most counties by Tuesday night at the latest.
From the article:
The utility says thousands of crew members are working to restore service. It expects power to be restored by Tuesday night in Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski and Wythe counties.
Customers elsewhere in Appalachian Power's Virginia service area should see their lights come back on sooner, although the utility says there may be delays in expected restoration times in some places. ...