{"id":1497,"date":"2024-10-01T12:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2024-10-01T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:08:31","slug":"construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must \u2018be completely rebuilt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple utilities say they will need to completely reconstruct, rather than repair, electric systems in the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>About 2 million electric customers remained without power across the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic on Monday morning after Hurricane Helene devastated utility systems last week, and some areas will require a full rebuild of energy infrastructure, utilities said.<\/li>\n<li>The storm struck Florida as a Category 4, but only about 100,000 customers remained without power in the Sunshine State. In contrast,\u00a0750,000 were without power in South Carolina; 570,000 in Georgia; and 460,000 in North Carolina.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere are lots of areas across the South Carolina Upstate and North Carolina mountains where we\u2019re going to have to completely rebuild parts of our system, not just repair it,\u201d\u00a0Jason Hollifield, Duke Energy storm director for the Carolinas, said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.duke-energy.com\/releases\/duke-energys-hurricane-helene-recovery-restores-power-to-nearly-1-1-million-in-the-carolinas-downed-trees-blocked-roadways-damaged-power-equipment-impeding-efforts-in-the-n-c-mountains-and-s-c-upstate-region?_gl=1*15g58r0*_ga*NjU0OTIwMjI4LjE3MjU4ODM1NzQ.*_ga_HB58MJRNTY*MTcyNzY5NzAyOS42LjEuMTcyNzY5NzA0MS4wLjAuMA..&amp;_ga=2.70787472.186086274.1727697039-654920228.1725883574\">statement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p>In total, Helene knocked out power for almost 6 million customers in 10 states, according to the Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities. Utilities say they cannot estimate restoration times, in some cases,\u00a0because roads are impassable and grids must be reconstructed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistoric flooding, fallen trees and debris, and road and bridge closures continue to present major challenges in the hardest-hit areas and are limiting workers\u2019 ability to assess damage and provide customers with estimates for when power is likely to be restored in those areas,\u201d EEI said in a Sunday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eei.org\/mutual-assistance\/Helene\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the Carolinas and Georgia, there were outages in Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectric companies are working with local and state officials to gain access to these hard-hit areas and are using helicopters and drones to conduct damage assessments,\u201d EEI said. \u201cIn some communities, storm damage was so catastrophic that energy infrastructure needs to be completely rebuilt before power can be restored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duke Energy was one of the hardest-hit utilities. By Sunday, the utility said it had restored power to more than 1.1 million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina, but about 900,000 remained in the dark, almost all in the western portions of each state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are stretches of damage that we still can\u2019t even assess due to mudslides, flooding and blocked roads,\u201d Hollifield said.<\/p>\n<p>Duke\u2019s transmission infrastructure in upstate South Carolina \u201cwas severely damaged and, in many cases, destroyed,\u201d the utility said. Grid integrity in the state \u201cremained stable throughout the storm,\u201d meaning Duke can bring power back on quickly as the transmission system is repaired, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In North Carolina, Duke said infrastructure damage was \u201csevere,\u201d\u00a0with substations under water and thousands of utility poles down, along with fallen transmission towers. \u201cMany areas of the North Carolina mountains are inaccessible due to mudslides, flooding and blocked roads, limiting the ability to assess and begin repairing damages,\u201d the utility said.<\/p>\n<p>Dominion Energy said Sunday evening that it had restored service to more than 320,000 customers in South Carolina, while 116,000 were still left without power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we can provide [recovery] estimates for some areas today, other areas will take more time,\u201d\u00a0Keller Kissam, president of Dominion Energy South Carolina, said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.dominionenergy.com\/2024-09-29-Dominion-Energy-Provides-Updates-for-Hardest-Hit-Areas-After-Restoring-Power-to-Over-320,000-Customers\">statement<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cCrews continue to assess damage even as we rebuild our system from the ground up in communities where the impacts were catastrophic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Helene was the most destructive hurricane in Georgia Power\u2019s history, the utility said Sunday evening.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiapower.com\/company\/news-hub\/press-releases\/georgia-power-releases-key-estimated-damage-statistics-from-helene.html\">More than 5,000 utility poles must be repaired or replaced<\/a>\u00a0and over 500 transformers were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>About 610,000 Georgia Power customers have already had power restored.\u00a0\u201cThis rapid response has been possible through the implementation of new \u2018smart grid\u2019\u00a0technologies and the quick work of pre-positioned teams who were ready to respond as soon as conditions were safe to do so on Friday,\u201d the utility said.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Power &amp; Light was among the first utilities impacted by Helene\u2019s Thursday landfall. The utility said it has restored service to more than 95% of its impacted customers and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fpl.com\/FPL-has-restored-power-to-more-than-95-of-customers-impacted-by-Hurricane-Helene\">expected to complete restoration today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how difficult it is to be without power,\u201d said FPL President and CEO Armando Pimentel.\u00a0\u201cI want to reassure our customers that we are committed to restoring power, as quickly as possible, so they can get their lives back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/hurricane-helene-power-grid-destruction\/728509\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REPRINTED FROM CONSTRUCTION DRIVE \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple utilities say they will need to completely reconstruct, rather than repair, electric systems in the hardest-hit areas. Dive Brief: About 2 million electric customers remained without power across the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic on Monday morning after Hurricane Helene devastated utility systems last week, and some areas will require a full rebuild of energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[26,1021,1017,1007,1006,1020,1002,1010,1023,1012,1009,1008,999,1005,1013,1001,1019,1022,1024,1015,1004,1003,1018,1014,1011,595,1016,1000],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-allied-bolt-and-screw-corp","tag-catastrophic-damage","tag-disaster-response","tag-dominion-energy","tag-duke-energy","tag-electric-companies","tag-electric-infrastructure","tag-energy-grid-rebuild","tag-fallen-trees","tag-flooding","tag-florida-power-light","tag-georgia-power","tag-hurricane-helene","tag-mid-atlantic","tag-mudslides","tag-power-outages","tag-power-restoration","tag-rebuilding-energy-systems","tag-severe-weather","tag-smart-grid-technology","tag-southeast-u-s","tag-storm-damage","tag-storm-damage-assessment","tag-storm-recovery","tag-transmission-towers","tag-utility-poles","tag-utility-restoration","tag-utility-systems","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Millions remain without power across the Southeast after Hurricane Helene, with utilities rebuilding severely damaged electric infrastructure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Millions remain without power across the Southeast after Hurricane Helene, with utilities rebuilding severely damaged electric infrastructure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Allied Bolt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alliedbolt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-01T16:06:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-01T16:08:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"572\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a02148b1611963d35af18b56bf13b3f1\"},\"headline\":\"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must \u2018be completely rebuilt\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-01T16:06:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-01T16:08:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":709,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Allied Bolt and Screw Corp\",\"catastrophic damage\",\"disaster response\",\"Dominion Energy\",\"Duke Energy\",\"electric companies\",\"electric infrastructure\",\"energy grid rebuild\",\"fallen trees\",\"flooding\",\"Florida Power &amp; Light\",\"Georgia Power\",\"Hurricane Helene\",\"Mid-Atlantic\",\"mudslides\",\"power outages\",\"power restoration\",\"rebuilding energy systems\",\"severe weather\",\"smart grid technology\",\"Southeast U.S.\",\"storm damage\",\"storm damage assessment\",\"storm recovery\",\"transmission towers\",\"Utility poles\",\"utility restoration\",\"utility systems\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/\",\"name\":\"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-01T16:06:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-01T16:08:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Millions remain without power across the Southeast after Hurricane Helene, with utilities rebuilding severely damaged electric infrastructure.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":572,\"caption\":\"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must \u2018be completely rebuilt\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Allied Bolt\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Allied Bolt\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/cropped-allied-logo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/cropped-allied-logo-1.jpg\",\"width\":453,\"height\":160,\"caption\":\"Allied Bolt\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/alliedbolt\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/neil-goldberg-25329a43\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a02148b1611963d35af18b56bf13b3f1\",\"name\":\"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3815f98f644e220915485bc743a6fa433a4589e2d41b02be15342f62c411a74c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3815f98f644e220915485bc743a6fa433a4589e2d41b02be15342f62c411a74c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3815f98f644e220915485bc743a6fa433a4589e2d41b02be15342f62c411a74c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/site.alliedbolt.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/administrator\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene","description":"Millions remain without power across the Southeast after Hurricane Helene, with utilities rebuilding severely damaged electric infrastructure.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene","og_description":"Millions remain without power across the Southeast after Hurricane Helene, with utilities rebuilding severely damaged electric infrastructure.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/","og_site_name":"Allied Bolt","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alliedbolt","article_published_time":"2024-10-01T16:06:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-01T16:08:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":572,"url":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/"},"author":{"name":"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw","@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a02148b1611963d35af18b56bf13b3f1"},"headline":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must \u2018be completely rebuilt\u2019","datePublished":"2024-10-01T16:06:54+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-01T16:08:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/"},"wordCount":709,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp","keywords":["Allied Bolt and Screw Corp","catastrophic damage","disaster response","Dominion Energy","Duke Energy","electric companies","electric infrastructure","energy grid rebuild","fallen trees","flooding","Florida Power &amp; Light","Georgia Power","Hurricane Helene","Mid-Atlantic","mudslides","power outages","power restoration","rebuilding energy systems","severe weather","smart grid technology","Southeast U.S.","storm damage","storm damage assessment","storm recovery","transmission towers","Utility poles","utility restoration","utility systems"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/","url":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/","name":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp","datePublished":"2024-10-01T16:06:54+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-01T16:08:31+00:00","description":"Millions remain without power across the Southeast after Hurricane Helene, with utilities rebuilding severely damaged electric infrastructure.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Construction-News-2M-households-still-without-power-after-Helene.webp","width":1000,"height":572,"caption":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/construction-news-2m-households-still-without-power-after-helene-some-local-grids-must-be-completely-rebuilt\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Construction News: 2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must \u2018be completely rebuilt\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/","name":"Allied Bolt","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Allied Bolt","url":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cropped-allied-logo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cropped-allied-logo-1.jpg","width":453,"height":160,"caption":"Allied Bolt"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alliedbolt","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/neil-goldberg-25329a43\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a02148b1611963d35af18b56bf13b3f1","name":"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3815f98f644e220915485bc743a6fa433a4589e2d41b02be15342f62c411a74c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3815f98f644e220915485bc743a6fa433a4589e2d41b02be15342f62c411a74c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3815f98f644e220915485bc743a6fa433a4589e2d41b02be15342f62c411a74c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Allied Bolt &amp; Screw"},"url":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1499,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.alliedbolt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}