Aug 16 Local News As Power Restoration Winds Down, Insight Monitors Cable Connections Electricity has been restored for most Louisville residents, but several people found that when their lights came on, their Internet connections and cable television did not. Cable often follows the same path as power lines, and Louisville Gas and Electric has priority access to damaged connections and poles. “Typically, we are there on site when […] By Gabe Bullard Aug 16 Local News As Power Restoration Winds Down, Insight Monitors Cable Connections Gabe Bullard
Aug 16 Local News JCPS Officials Say They’re Ready For Classes Wednesday Officials at Jefferson County Public Schools say power, Internet and phone service have been restored at all schools and facilities and they’re ready to start the new academic year tomorrow. The start of school was delayed by two days due to power and other outages caused by Saturday’s severe weather. JCPS Director of Facilities and […] By Rick Howlett Aug 16 Local News JCPS Officials Say They’re Ready For Classes Wednesday Rick Howlett
Aug 16 Local News 6am Update: No School, Still Some Customers Without Power As of 6:00am this morning, 10,800 LG&E customers in Jefferson County are without power. LG&E/KU Outage Map There are still many intersections without working traffic lights, so be careful as you approach and treat such intersections as a four-way stop. LG&E officials say power could be restored to most customers by the middle of the […] By Todd Mundt Aug 16 Local News 6am Update: No School, Still Some Customers Without Power Todd Mundt
Aug 15 Local News 6:40am Update: No Classes, More Residents Get Power As of 6:30am this morning, 31,600 LG&E customers in Jefferson County are without power. In southern Indiana, 1,600 Duke Energy customers are without power. LG&E/KU Outage Map Duke Outage information There are still many intersections without working traffic lights, so be careful as you approach and treat such intersections as a four-way stop. LG&E officials […] By Todd Mundt Aug 15 Local News 6:40am Update: No Classes, More Residents Get Power Todd Mundt
Aug 14 Local News 11am Power Update: 69,000 Customers Without Power The latest word we have from LG&E/KU is that 69,000 customers are without power in the Louisville metro after Saturday’s storm. Duke is reporting about 11,000 customers without power in southern Indiana. LG&E/KU Outage Map Duke Outage information Last night, LG&E Senior Vice President Chris Hermann told us it will take days to restore electricity, […] By Todd Mundt Aug 14 Local News 11am Power Update: 69,000 Customers Without Power Todd Mundt
Jun 18 Local News 31,000 Without Power After Strong Storms About 31,000 people in Louisville are without electricity after today’s severe storms. LG&E spokesperson Chris Whelan says the storm was particularly damaging because it contained high winds and a large volume of lightning. “Lightning will affect fuses and poles and such and then the high winds obviously knocks limbs into our trees and pulls power […] By Stephanie Crosby Jun 18 Local News 31,000 Without Power After Strong Storms Stephanie Crosby
Feb 10 Local News Community, Progress Support Buried Power Lines In the last five months, Kentucky has faced the two largest power outages in its history. The blackouts have re-ignited discussion among citizens and government officials on what it would take to better protect the electricity grid from future disasters. By Gabe Bullard Feb 10 Local News Community, Progress Support Buried Power Lines Gabe Bullard
Feb 2 Local News Power Restoration Continues Across Kentucky Kentucky is awaiting word from Washington on a request to declare the state a major disaster area in the wake of last week’s deadly ice storm. Governor Beshear says the state is making substantial progress in the massive recovery effort, but one week after the storm first hit, 255-thousand utility customers remain without power. Seventy-three […] By Rick Howlett Feb 2 Local News Power Restoration Continues Across Kentucky Rick Howlett
Feb 2 Local News Utility Crews Make Progress; 83K Still in Dark As of late Sunday, more than 80,000 customers were still without power in Louisville. But utility crews made progress thanks to warmer weather. By Kristin Espeland Feb 2 Local News Utility Crews Make Progress; 83K Still in Dark Kristin Espeland
Jan 29 Local News Officials Urge Fire Safety As Blackout Continues Fire officials in Louisville say there’s been a spike in structure fires since the ice storm struck the area Tuesday night. McMahan Fire District Chief Paul Barth says many of those blazes have been in suburban homes that have lost electricity. “Some of these fires can be attributed to fireplace fire. folks are trying to […] By Rick Howlett Jan 29 Local News Officials Urge Fire Safety As Blackout Continues Rick Howlett
Jan 28 Local News PSC Says 473,000 In Kentucky Without Power The Kentucky Public Service Commission says the ice storm that moved across Kentucky Tuesday and Wednesday has left 473,000 utility customers without electricity. That includes about 100,000 Louisville Gas and Electric Customers and more than 176,000 Kentucky Utilities customers. In southern Indiana, Duke Energy says more than 60,000 customers are without service and that number […] By Rick Howlett Jan 28 Local News PSC Says 473,000 In Kentucky Without Power Rick Howlett
Jan 28 Local News Duke Energy Restoring Service In Southern Indiana Tens of thousands of Duke Energy customers in southern Indiana are without electricity in the wake of the ice storm. Company spokesman Lou Middleton says crews are in the field assessing the damage. “We are looking at just about 40,000 people out in Clarksville, about 16,700 who are out in the Corydon and Salem area, […] By Rick Howlett Jan 28 Local News Duke Energy Restoring Service In Southern Indiana Rick Howlett
Sep 18 Local News Department of Insurance Offers Advice for Customers While thousands of area residents are waiting for electric companies to restore power, many also are waiting for insurance claims adjusters to inspect their damaged properties. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. The Kentucky Department of Insurance has been working to ease the process for claims adjusters coming to work from outside the state to inspect […] By Elizabeth Kramer Sep 18 Local News Department of Insurance Offers Advice for Customers Elizabeth Kramer
Sep 14 Local News Windstorm Leaves Widespread Damage, Outages Louisville Gas and Electric Company crews continue working to restore power to the more than 200,000 customers left without service following Sunday’s windstorm. Wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour brought down numerous trees and tree limbs across the region, and hundreds of power lines. LG and E Vice-President Chris Herman says it […] By Rick Howlett Sep 14 Local News Windstorm Leaves Widespread Damage, Outages Rick Howlett