Crews with Pennyrile Rural Electric continue work to restore power to over 4,000 customers in Trigg and Christian Counties with 75-percent of those outages in Trigg County.
Most of Cadiz was without power for two hours this afternoon with that outage fixed shortly after three o’clock. Brent Gilkey with Pennyrile Rural Electric said multiple outages have their crews on the move.
click to download audioGilkey said there were very few instances of ice and tree limbs taking poles down, which means outages can be repaired quicker.
click to download audioBecause the storm system is a continuing event, Gilkey says the conditions make it tough for the crews to work outside and repair line damage.
click to download audioGilkey asks for people to be patient and know that the Pennyrile crews are working as best and safe as they can to get power restored.
click to download audioIf you notice a power line down, Gilkey says to treat it as a live line and not approach it.
At 5 pm Thursday, HES was reporting around 500 people without power, mostly in the North Drive area of Hopkinsville. Kenergy was reporting 144 outages affecting nearly 7,000 people in 11 counties. 800 people were affected in northern Caldwell County and 330 people in Lyon County near Highways 810 and 819 near Kuttawa.
