Dive Summary
- A severe storm striking the East Coast last Thursday knocked out power for 365,000 Duke Energy customers in the Carolinas and damaged the grid so badly, crews are having to rebuild distribution lines and large transmission lines hanging from big steel towers.
- “Some of our line crews, they’re saying it’s the worst damage they’ve ever seen,” spokesman Pete Brooks told the Triangle Business Journal about the storm that battered power lines, transformers, other equipment.
- About 243,000 customers were still without power as of 10 a.m. Friday.
From the article:
“In some cases, crews are having to rebuild distribution lines and repair large transmission lines that hang from giant steel towers…”