Jackson EMC is sending assistance to hundreds of thousands left without power in Dallas.
According to a media release, Jackson EMC released 56 contractors to help with efforts to restore power at Oncor Electric Delivery in Texas.
Oncor’s Vice President of Distribution Services, Keith Hull says severe thunderstorms Sunday resulted in golf-ball sized hail, intense lightening, strong rain and high winds in excess of 80 miles per hour.
As of this morning, the company reported more than 270,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area due to the tropical storm-style high winds that downed power lines and damaged distribution equipment.
These contractors will join utility partners from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi and Missouri to work alongside Oncor Electric line crews to safely restore power to the area.
