ATLANTA, June 18, 2021 / PRNewswire / - In light of the potential for severe weather and heavy rain over the weekend encouraged Georgia Power customers to monitor local weather conditions and to give priority to safety in adverse weather conditions throughout the state. The company is ready to respond to downtime as quickly and safely as possible.
Extreme weather conditions can occur in Georgia at any time:
- Before a storm: Know your risk of flooding and the strength of the wind from tropical storms or hurricanes. Check your emergency kit, unplug larger devices, and charge cell phones in the event of a power outage.
- During a thunderstorm: You have several options for receiving emergency notifications and weather updates. Find shelter in a stable building away from doors and windows. Avoid contact with electrical conductors: electrical appliances, metal objects and water.
- After a storm: Never touch a dropped or dangling cord, including a telephone or television cord, that is touching a power line. Never remove branches from power lines or enter areas with debris or fallen trees as fallen power lines can be buried in rubble. Also, do not walk in stagnant water or ride on saturated ground that may be downlines.
Additional tools you can use:
- Middle down and storm: Available in www.GeorgiaPower.com/Storm customers can visit this site to be received , the status of errors and access to information and safety tips notifications report helpful about errors and verify. Customers can report and review the status of an outage 24 hours a day by contacting Georgia Power at 888-891-0938.
- Failure Map - Interactive map of Georgia Power failure is in the Outage & Storm Center and provides near real-time information so that users can see where occur in the state of failures and track weather inactivity.
- Georgia Power Mobile Application: Download the mobile application Georgia Power for the devices Apple and Android down to the instant access to information about storms and mishaps.
- Power Outage Alerts - Subscribe to Georgia 's Free Power Outage Alert Service to receive personalized SMS updates and notifications.
Investments in infrastructure: reliability and resilience
The company continuously invests in the infrastructure in order to increase the reliability of its systems in everyday life and to reduce downtimes and repairs. The company's use of smart grid technology and increased automation in recent years means an improved ability to more quickly isolate faults that occur with fewer customers and remotely redirect power to improve reliability.
In addition, Georgia Power's operational plans, systems, infrastructure, and facilities are designed to increase the resilience of the grid to better withstand larger events such as severe weather such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and extreme heat or cold. Investments in resilience include improving transmission and distribution infrastructure on the power grid, including making power lines more sustainable.
About Georgia Power
Georgia Power is the largest power subsidiary of the Southern Company (NYSE: SO ), the largest utility company in the United States. Value, reliability, customer service and responsibility are the pillars of the company's promise to 2.6 million customers in all 159 but four Georgia counties. Georgia Power is committed to providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy at prices below the national average and maintains a diverse and innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural gas, and renewables such as solar, hydropower and wind. Georgia Power is focused every day on providing first class service to its customers and the company is recognized by JD Power as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.GeorgiaPower.com and connect with the company on Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower), Twitter (Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower), and Instagram (Instagram.com/ga_power).
SOURCE Georgia Power
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