Kenergy Wednesday Update

The energy cooperative Kenergy made progress in Crittenden and surrounding counties Tuesday and into Tuesday night.

As of 5:50 a.m., today, Wednesday, Sept. 17, Kenergy has 10,871 customers without power in western Kentucky. Outages by counties are as follows:

Breckinridge 5
Caldwell 108
Crittenden 269
Daviess 5,414
Hancock 2,098
Henderson 474
Hopkins 302
Livingston 3
Lyon 71
McLean 620
Ohio 1,056
Union 141
Webster 310

In addition to Kenergy crews, the power cooperative now says it has 54 additional men from neighboring utilities assisting restoration efforts. The cooperative is asking for patience and understanding.

Kentucky Utilities made marked progress in Marion Tuesday, also. It reconnected the south red light at U.S. 60 and U.S. 641 and the surrounding businesses. No word on the exact number of outages for that company.