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Michael MolineOctober 30, 2018

Gulf Power Co. will return $9.6 million in its savings from the 2017 federal tax cuts under a deal the Public Service Commission approved Tuesday. The “flow-back,” effective Jan. 1, follows more than $103 million in tax savings the company already began returning to its ratepayers. The settlement followed negotiations between Gulf Power, the Office of […]

Drew WilsonOctober 28, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power hit its goal of restoring electric service to 95 percent of its customers who can safely receive power by Oct. 24, but the company said there’s plenty of work to be done to get the few remaining ratepayers back on the grid. “We still have many customers who are working […]

Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2018

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the thousands of utility workers who have pitched in on Gulf Power’s efforts to get service restored in the Florida Panhandle, but for the many homes and businesses destroyed by Hurricane Michael fixing the grid won’t fix the problem. Michael left hundreds of thousands without power […]

Drew WilsonOctober 21, 2018

Northwest Florida utility company Gulf Power announced Sunday that it has moved up the timetable to restore power to certain Bay County residents still in the dark post-Hurricane Michael. “Because of the tireless work and great progress that has been made since the start of this rebuilding effort, we’ve been able to look at each […]

Drew WilsonOctober 19, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Thursday evening that 78,000 of the 125,000 who lost power due to Hurricane Michael had had their service restored. “As we continue to rebuild the harder hit areas, we see and feel the challenge for so many in these communities. We realize that just because we restore power to […]

Drew WilsonOctober 17, 2018

Gulf Power told its customers in in Jackson and Holmes counties north of I-10 who lost power due to Hurricane Michael that it would get their lights back on by midnight Thursday. On Wednesday, it announced it had hit that mark a day early. As of 5 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the company said it had restored […]

Drew WilsonOctober 16, 2018

Utility company Gulf Power said Tuesday that it had gotten the lights back on for more than 70,000 customers, more than half the number who lost power when Hurricane Michael tore through the Panhandle last week. “We’ve added even more boots on the ground, and we’re concentrating our efforts in our hardest hit areas,” said Adrianne Collins, […]

Drew WilsonOctober 15, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Sunday evening that all of its Panama City Beach customers west of Highway 79 have been restored. The company said the announcement represents power restoration to more than 10,000 customers living in that area of the city, which was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Michael. The update came a […]

Drew WilsonOctober 14, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Sunday that it’s on track to restore power to all customers affected by Hurricane Michael by midnight on Oct. 24. “Hurricane Michael was an unprecedented storm, and Gulf Power is on a mission to ensure an unprecedented response,” said Gulf Power head Stan Connally. “We know that our customers are counting […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

The platoon of power professionals working to get electricity restored in the Florida Panhandle has jumped to 4,400 according to Gulf Power, the region’s major utility company. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Michael, more than 400,000 utility customers in Florida were without power, and about a third of those were Gulf Power Customers. The […]

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Regulators OK Gulf Power plan to share tax savings with customers

Most Gulf Power customers back on the grid, but work continues

Gulf Power gives $200K to Michael relief as grid work nears finish line

Gulf Power moves up restoration timetable for some Bay County customers

Gulf Power has now restored service to 78K customers

Gulf Power outpaces its own power restoration timetable in Jackson, Holmes

Gulf Power crosses halfway mark in power restoration effort

Gulf Power crews making inroads to Panama City Beach outages

Gulf Power on track for 100 percent power restoration by Oct. 24

Gulf Power says 4,400 power pros working 24/7 on Panhandle restoration