December 28, 2022 10:00 a.m. 

As of mid-day Wednesday, crews with the Douglas Electric Cooperative have 1489 meters without power, due to the storm that hit the state Monday and Tuesday.

Assistant General Manager Phil Bigler said while their staff were on a rest period Tuesday night, contract crews were working to restore the transmission issues in the Umpqua area. Bigler said unfortunately, one of their pieces of equipment had a mechanical failure so they were unable to complete those repairs. A replacement piece of equipment is now in place as progress continues.

Bigler expects that a majority of the cooperative’s members will have power restored by Wednesday evening. He said customers near Tenmile Lake and Loon Lake may not have their power back until Thursday.

Updates on the repairs are available at: https://www.dec.coop/outage-center/outage-status/

Samples of the damage Douglas Electric Cooperative workers have seen are in pictures posted with this story at www.541radio.com

Pacific Power is reporting that only a few dozen customers in southern Douglas County are still without power as of mid-day Wednesday.