Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    
Situation Update 8
January 29, 2010, 9:15 p.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 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 150,937 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the storm, which includes the following.

PSO reports 59,415 customers are without power including:

Carnegie – 1,105

Chickasha – 12,261

Clinton – 218

Duncan – 4,594

Elk City – 101

Hobart – 6,047

Lawton – 31,621

Okmulgee – 678

Tipton – 3,775

The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 26,286 customers without power in:

Lexington – 693                                       

Purcell – 2,219                                        

Altus – 9,300                                        

Duncan – 8,942                                        

Eldorado – 283                                        

Olustee – 316                                        

Marlow – 2,325                                          

Granite – 613                                                        

Comanche – 957                                                        

Manitou – 209                                        

Ryan – 429                                                       

The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives reports 55,561 customers without power in:

Caddo Electric, Binger: 6,774

Canadian Valley Electric, Seminole: 9,500

Central Rural Electric, Stillwater: 0

Cimarron Electric, Kingfisher: 0

Cookson Hills Electric, Stigler/Sallisaw: 0

Cotton Electric, Walters: 14,286

East Central OK Electric, Okmulgee: 1,850

Harmon Electric Association, Hollis: 3,303

Kiamichi Electric, Wilburton: 0

Kiwash Electric, Cordell: 2,000

Lake Region Electric, Hulbert: 0

Northeast OK Electric, Vinita: 0

Northfork Electric, Sayre: 500

Oklahoma Electric, Norman: 2,560

Ozarks Electric, Stilwell, Fayetteville: 105

People’s Electric, Ada: 5,683

Rural Electric, Lindsay: 6,000

SW Rural Electric, Tipton: 3,000

Verdigris Valley Electric, Collinsville: 0

OG&E reports 9,675 customers (including 1,566 in Ada, 1,202 in Pauls Valley and 1,030 in Seminole) are without service. 

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