OG&E Storm Center

• Crews continue to make progress following Saturday night’s severe weather, with most outages remaining in the Norman area. Power has been restored to 93% of customers who experienced an outage. By 10pm tonight, 95% of customers who lost power are expected to be restored.

• We will continue restoring power and working around the clock until all the remaining 5,077 customers are restored. Crews from out of state continue to work alongside our crews restoring power.  
• Our crews may need access to customer property to restore power. Please ensure our crews have access and that animals are secured.
• ‍Vegetation crews will take tree and brush debris from the customer’s yard to the curb but are unable to remove this debris from the customer’s property. Removal of the debris is the customer’s responsibility. Some municipalities offer removal services. These cities will inform residents of debris removal plans. The City of Norman debris removal process is available on their website and Facebook page.

• North, East, and West areas of the OKC metro are expected to be restored by 10 pm tonight.

Cleveland County:  

• In Norman, the east and west side of 24^th Ave NW, north of Main and south of Robinson are expected to be restored by 9 PM tonight.  

• All other Norman customers are expected to be restored by 11 PM Tuesday night as well as the rest of Cleveland County.  

• Today, 870 restoration personnel were working in Norman. We anticipate that approximately 1,400 personnel will be on the ground tomorrow as we redeploy crews from other parts of the service area.  

• Crews continue the time-consuming process of removing large amounts of tree debris and brush from difficult-to-access areas, such as backyards, before replacing poles and equipment, then energizing lines.    

GGuidance for Customers

• Assume any downed power line is hazardous and may be energized. Stay away from them and anything they are touching. Please do not drive over a downed power line. Report a downed power line by calling 800-522-6870.
• The public should avoid areas impacted by the storms so crews can work safely and quickly to restore power to customers who are without service.
• Extreme temperatures are expected this week. Please visit OGE.com/CoolZones for a list of public spaces to get a break from the heat. Please check on family, friends and neighbors to make sure they have a plan to stay cool during the heat.

• OG&E customers can quickly access outage information and other updates by:
  • Submit a report online at OGE.com/outages or in the OG&E mobile app (iOS or Android)
  • Signing up for myOGEalerts at OGE.com/alerts

• Customers need to be able to take power at their homes and businesses and may need a certified electrician to repair a weather head, meter base, or service cable.

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‍July 6th 10 a.m. Updates

• Crews continue to make progress following Saturday night’s severe weather. Power has been restored to 85% of customers who experienced an outage. 
• Crews worked overnight to restore 7,000 customers. We will continue restoring power and working around the clock until all customers are restored. Crews from out of state arrived overnight and more will continue to arrive throughout the day.
• North, East, and West areas of the OKC metro are expected to be restored by 10 pm tonight. Restoration times are available through myOGEalerts and System Watch.  
• Cleveland County and cities served by Norman circuits: We expect Cleveland County to be fully restored by late Tuesday evening. We have 544 restoration personnel on the ground in Cleveland County with more arriving today. Storms downed 44 poles in Norman. A large majority of those are in areas with significant tree damage that are hard to access, such as backyards which must be cleared first and can make restoration work more complex and time-consuming.
• Our crews may need to gain access to customer property to restore power. Please ensure our crews have access and that animals are secured. 
• Trees downing lines and damaging equipment is a primary cause of outages following the 90 MPH extreme winds. OG&E must clear lines and trees before replacing poles and lines. Vegetation crews will take tree and brush debris from the customer’s yard to the curb but are unable to remove this debris from the customer’s property. Removal of the debris is the customer’s responsibility. Some municipalities offer removal services. These cities will inform residents of debris removal plans. 
• Approximately 1,000 operational and support personnel are restoring service to homes and businesses that can accept power. OG&E has requested restoration crews from our peer electric companies across the region; some have already arrived, and more are expected today.

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July 5th 7 p.m. Updates

• Crews continue to make progress following overnight severe weather. Within 20 hours of damage, 70% of customers have been restored. So far damage to the grid includes downed power lines, broken power poles, damaged transmission structures, tree damage to equipment, broken cross arms and other equipment attached to poles..

• Given the extensive damage we are finding, we anticipate full power restoration will require 3-4 days in some areas. We will continue restoring power and working around the clock until all customers are restored.

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• We will updated customers when restoration times are available through myOGEalerts and System Watch. We anticipate 95% of all customers to be restored by Tuesday Morning. Some restoration times are now available:
  
  • Muskogee: 8PM, tonight, Sunday, July 5
  • Kellyville: Noon, Monday, July 6

• Approximately 1,000 operational and support personnel are restoring service to homes and businesses that can accept power. OG&E has requested restoration crews from our peer electric companies across the region; some have already arrived, and more are expected tomorrow. morning.

• Cleveland County: We expect Cleveland County to be fully restored by late Tuesday evening. We have 544 restoration personnel on the ground in Cleveland County with more on the way. Crews have found 44 downed poles in Norman. A large majority of those are in areas that are hard to access such as backyards and covered in tree debris which can make restoration work more complex and time-consuming.  

• Trees downing lines and damaging equipment is a primary cause of outages following the 90 MPH extreme winds last night. OG&E must clear lines and trees before replacing poles and lines. Vegetation crews will take tree and brush debris from the customer’s yard to the curb but are unable to remove this debris from the customer’s property. Removal of the debris is the customer’s responsibility. Some municipalities offer removal services. These cities will inform residents of debris removal plans. 

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July 5th 11 a.m. Updates

• Severe storms, including wind gusts up to 90 mph, moved through much of OG&E’s service area overnight, causing damage to equipment and outages; the Norman, OKC, Moore, Sulphur, Holdenville, and Midwest City areas experienced the most significant impacts.

• There is a downed power line across I-35 in the Norman area. The line is owned and maintained by Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (OEC), not OG&E. Also in Norman, the downed power line at 36th Ave NW and W Main is owned and serviced by OEC.

• Within 12 hours of these severe storms, 48% of customers have been restored, with 32,206 remaining without power at this time.

• Operations personnel are restoring service to homes and businesses that can accept power; additional crews and resources are deploying to the most heavily impacted areas to clear debris, inspect damage, and repair equipment.  

• Estimated restoration times will be available once damage is inspected and we will update customers when restoration times are available through myOGEalerts and System Watch. Given the damage from high winds and lightning, we anticipate full power restoration will require 3-4 days. We will continue restoring power and working around the clock until all customers are restored.  

• We understand how important it is for our customers to have power. Our crews have been and will continue to work around the clock until power is fully restored. OG&E has requested restoration crews from our peer electric companies across the region. With severe storms causing outages from Missouri to New England, much of the country is facing similar storm impact this weekend.

• Once we've repaired the power grid, we focus on restoring the community’s essential services, such as hospitals, public safety, fire departments, public works, and other critical infrastructure, while continuing to restore individual homes and businesses.