Situation Update
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Situation Update 5
January 29, 2010, 5 a.m.

Due to the winter storm, 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 National Guard, 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 141,941 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the storm, including the following.

PSO reports 47,723 customers (including 12,033 in Chickasha and 21,744 in Lawton) are without power.

OG&E reports 11,600 customers (including 1,526 in Ada and 1,936 in Holdenville) are without service.

The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 26,606 customers without power in:

Altus 9,759

Duncan 8,942

Eldorado 283

Granite 613

Manitou 209

Olustee 316

Lexington 845

Purcell 2,774

The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives reports 56,012 customers without power in:

Caddo Electric Cooperative, Binger: 5,664 

Cotton Electric Cooperative, Walters: 14,733 

Harmon Electric Association, Hollis: 3,300 

Southwest Rural Electric Association, Tipton: 1,500

Kiwash Electric Cooperative, Cordell: 2,000

Rural Electric Cooperative, Lindsay: 7,500 

Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Norman: 5,304

People's Electric Cooperative, Ada: 5,393 

Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Seminole: 6,918 

Northfork Electric Cooperative, Sayre: 2,600 

Cimarron Electric Cooperative, Kingfisher: 50

East Central OK Electric Cooperative, Okmulgee: 1,000

Ozarks Electric Cooperative, Stilwell/Fayetteville: 50

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