Just over 2.1 million without power in Florida, as Duke Enegry announces restoration timeline

More than 2.1 million Florida customers remain without power, including nearly 522,000 Duke Energy users, according to a 6 p.m. update from the Florida Public Service Commission.

But that company has offered timelines to bring most customers online within the next three days.

The company said customers should be online by 11:59 p.m. Sunday in the following counties: Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties. In Pasco and Pinellas counties, all accounts should be back online by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.

“We want to alleviate our customers’ concerns and reassure them that they’ll have their power back on within days — not weeks,” said Todd Fountain, Duke Energy Florida storm director. “We thank our team for their hard work and commitment to meeting these estimated times of restoration, our local officials and first responders for their support and our customers for their continued patience.”

Additionally, more than 608,000 Florida Power & Light (FPL) customers remain without power. So do almost 522,000 Tampa Electric Company (TECO) customers, about 63% of that network. More than 170,000 customers with electric cooperatives in the state await restoration, as do almost 58,000 on city power.

12 p.m.

More than 2.34 million power customers still have no power as a result of Hurricane Milton, according to a noon update from the Florida Public Service Commission.

That’s down from a peak outage of 3.4 million on Thursday afternoon. But almost 20% of all Florida customers remain in need of electricity two days after the state felt the first impacts of the storm.

That includes more than 489,000 Hillsborough County accounts, where almost 70% still report outage conditions. Most of those are Tampa Electric Company (TECO) power users, with more than 100 Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO) users also awaiting service.

In total, more than 538,000 TECO customers still need service, including about 27,000 in Polk County, more than 14,000 in Pasco County and some 8,100 in Pinellas County.

About 42% of Duke Energy customers, more than 850,000 people, also await restoration, along with more than 667,000 Florida Power & Light (FPL) subscribers. Additionally, nearly 200,000 on electrical cooperatives in the state still need power, and so do more than 87,000 on city power.

In Pinellas County, there are also more than 411,000 Duke Energy users in the dark. Duke officials at a press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday said full restoration for its network should take place quickly. “This is not weeks, this is days,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy’s State President in Florida.

In Manatee County, 58.7% of customers, more than 153,000 accounts, need electricity. That includes almost 139,000 FPL subscribers and more than 14,000 PRECO users.

In Sarasota County, about 46.25% of people, almost 139,000 FPL customers, still need power.

Duke Energy has about 73,000 out in Pasco on top of the TECO users there and more than 21,000 Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative customers.

In Highlands County, nearly 49,000 customers, over 73% of all accounts in the county, still need power. That includes almost 58,000 Duke Energy accounts, more than 6,200 on Glades Electric Cooperative and a few dozen PRECO users.

In Hardee County, where nearly all customers lost power from the storm at some point, 53% of users still need power, or about 6,700 accounts. Most are on PRECO, along with more than 400 on Wauchula city power.

8 a.m.

More than 2.83 million Floridians remain without power a day and a half after Hurricane Milton made landfall. That’s down from a peak outage of 3.4 million on Thursday afternoon.

A 6 a.m. report from the Florida Public Service Commission shows that more than 21% of Florida electricity customers still await power restoration.

That includes nearly 846,000 Duke Energy customers, 721,000 Florida Power & Light (FPL) subscribers, more than 551,000 on Tampa Electric Company (TECO) power, about 264,000 on one of Florida’s electric cooperatives, and more than 101,000 on city power.

The most widespread outages are reported in the Tampa Bay area.

More than 502,000 TECO customers in Hillsborough County still await service, as do more than 1,200 Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO) customers. That constitutes almost 72% of all power customers in the county

In Pinellas County, nearly 398,000 Duke Energy users and nearly 8,200 TECO customers need power restored. That’s about 71% of all customers in the county.

Further south in Sarasota, where Milton made landfall, around 300,000 still need electricity, about half of people in the county.

In Manatee County, almost 157,000 customers, more than 60% of those in the county, remain in the dark. That includes about 143,000 FPL users and 14,000 PRECO subscribers.

A few other counties have more than half their customers in outage conditions. Almost 82% of Highlands County residents, more than 54,000 people, have no electricity. That includes more than 47,000 Duke Energy users, over 6,800 of Glades Electric Cooperative customers and fewer than 300 PRECO users.

Almost 52% of Hardee County customers, about 6,400 people, still need service, including almost 6,200 PRECO customers and 200 on Wauchula city power.

On the Atlantic Coast, Volusia County still has nearly 147,000 without power. That includes nearly 79,000 FPL users, 49,000 Duke Energy customers, more than 18,000 on New Smyrna Beach Utilities and more than 1,200 on Clay Electric Cooperative.