Situation Update

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             
Situation Update 17
February 3, 2010, 11:15 a.m.

The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains activated and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is in contact with emergency managers in the affected areas. 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, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reports 46,468 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the winter storm, which includes the following.

PSO reports 11,965 customers without power including those in: 

Chickasha – 5,262 (Most of these are in the Chickasha area to include Rush Springs and Cyril)

Duncan – 3

Hobart – 2,352

Lawton – 4,089

Tipton – 259

The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 11,352 customers without power in:

Lexington – 20

Purcell – 115

Altus – 5,580

Eldorado – 283

Olustee – 316

Comanche – 100

Duncan – 2,000

Marlow – 2,325

Granite – 613

The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) reports 23,151 customers without power in:

Caddo Electric, Binger: 4,612

Canadian Valley Electric, Seminole: 1,645 

Cotton Electric, Walters: 6,702

Harmon Electric Association, Hollis: 2,750 

Kiwash Electric, Cordell: 2,475  

Northfork Electric, Sayre: 250

Oklahoma Electric, Norman: 218

People’s Electric, Ada: 199 

Rural Electric, Lindsay: 2,800

SW Rural Electric, Tipton: 1,500     

OG&E reports power has been restored to all structures that can safely receive electric service.

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