Situation Update

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Situation Update 9
January 30, 2010, 3:45 p.m.

The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains activated and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is in contact with emergency managers across the state. Agencies and organizations represented at the State EOC include the: American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Oklahoma Military Department, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 2-1-1 Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reports 125,904 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the winter storm, which includes the following.

PSO reports 47,222 customers without power including those in: 

Chickasha area - 12,918

Duncan area - 3,941

Hobart area - 6,061

Lawton area - 19,824

Okmulgee/Henryetta area - 597

Tipton area - 3,775

The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 16,532 customers without power in:

Lexington – 375

Purcell – 1725

Altus – 9300

Eldorado – 283

Olustee – 316

Marlow – 2325

Granite – 613

Comanche – 957

Manitou – 209

Ryan – 429

The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives reports 53,799 customers without power in:

Caddo Electric, Binger – 6,198

Canadian Valley Electric, Seminole – 9,000

Cotton Electric, Walters – 14,362

East Central OK Electric, Okmulgee – 2,600

Harmon Electric Association, Hollis – 3,303

Kiwash Electric, Cordell – 2,000

Northfork Electric, Sayre – 500

Oklahoma Electric, Norman – 1,792

Ozarks Electric, Stilwell, Fayetteville – 84

People’s Electric, Ada – 5,160

Rural Electric, Lindsay – 5,800

SW Rural Electric, Tipton – 3,000

OG&E reports 8,351 customers (including 1,616 in Ada and 641 in Seminole) are without service. 

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