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    Factbox-Hurricane Debby cuts power for 275,000 Florida customers By Reuters


    (Reuters) -More than 275,000 homes and businesses in Florida were left without electricity as Hurricane Debby slammed into the state’s Gulf Coast on Monday morning, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

    The utility with the most customers hit was Duke Energy (NYSE:), which had about 89,000 clients without power and said 3,000 out-of-state crews were assisting its Florida team with outage restoration.

    The company also said that nearly 171,000 customers have been restored so far.

    It was followed by Clay Electric Coop, with 36,300 customers cut off in the state.

    Here are the major outages by utility in Florida:

    Power Companies Outages

    Duke Energy

    89,620

    Clay Electric Coop

    36,300

    Florida Power & Light

    Company 34,660

    Suwannee Valley Electric

    Cooperative 27,510

    Tri-County Electric Coop

    19,408

    Talquin Electric

    Cooperative 19,334

    Central Florida Electric

    Cooperative 19,298

    JEA

    14,052

    City of Tallahassee 7,786

    Withlacoochee River 2,891

    Electric Coop

    © Reuters. The Shore Acres neighborhood begins to flood from high tide in the Tampa Bay while Tropical Storm Debby approaches the gulf coast, in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S., August 4, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

    Total Out

    270,859


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