Power restoration progress in Southwest Florida: What you need to know

Here is the latest from LCEC on efforts to restore power across Southwest Florida eight days after Hurricane Ian arrived.

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• At the end of today, there will be just over 2,300 line and vegetation crews working on power restoration to the remaining LCEC customers without power. Additional crews are becoming available as needed until all customers able to receive power are restored.
• A convoy of 350 line workers and support personnel from Duke Energy will arrive this morning to help restore power in Cape Coral.
• Thanks to assistance from Governor Ron DeSantis expediting road access to Pine Island, it will be possible for Duke Energy crews to begin restoration on Pine Island as soon as customers in other areas of the service territory are restored. Once access to Sanibel is possible rebuilding will also begin there.
• At the same time, LCEC expanded its partnership with FPL to address supply chain disruptions, set up a base camp to house and feed line workers, and partner with specialized substation engineers.