Restoration crews arrive in Pensacola

After two days of tireless work to restore power in our service area, Mississippi Power crews headed to Florida Wednesday to help restore power to Gulf Power customers. A team of nearly 100 line crew and support personnel quickly assembled to leave from various locations from the Coast, Pine Belt and Meridians divisions.

“This was a rapid deployment,” said Distribution Manager Randy Castello who is serving as team leader for this response. “One 10-person team has been in Pensacola since 6 a.m. Wednesday, and they left from Laurel after traveling there to assist our Pine Belt crews since Monday.”

Castello said others left in shifts in order to give crew members who had been working long hours in Mississippi the past two days, time to rest.

“While our goal is to help restore power as quickly as possible, we do so knowing that safe procedures are practiced every step of the way – before, during and even on the way home. Nothing is taken for granted when it comes to getting our employees home safely to their families.”

Crews were asked to pack for three days, however the exact amount of time deployed will be determined by extent of damage.