Some Stephens County Residents Still Without Power

As of 3:30 P.M. on Friday, some Stephens County residents remain without power after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region Thursday morning.

According to Georgia Power, a little more than 750 customers in Stephens County remain without power.

As of 5 P.M. on Thursday, Hart EMC was reporting just under 3,000 customers without power, but now is reporting that power has been restored to all.

Georgia Power tells WNEG News “The company expects power to be restored to 95% of customers impacted by Hurricane Zeta by Sunday night, and the company is working as safely and quickly as possible to restore power to customers. Damage from Hurricane Zeta is similar to the damage seen after Hurricane Michael impacted the state in 2018, however the availability of additional resources from other utilities to assist with restoration efforts in Georgia is limited due to Zeta’s impacts across the Southeast and other storm activity in the country. While the company continues to assess damage, customers in the hardest hit areas should plan ahead for the potential of extended outages, possibly days, due to the vast damage from the storm.”