Local Volusia County officials meet with Florida Power & Light CEO on restoring residents' power in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton

As of Saturday afternoon, Oct. 12, nearly 50,000 FPL customers in Volusia were still without power.

Ormond Beach Commissioner Travis Sargent, Daytona Beach Commissioner Quanita May, Florida Power & Light CEO Armando Pimentel and State Sen. Tom Wright. Courtesy photo
Ormond Beach Commissioner Travis Sargent, Daytona Beach Commissioner Quanita May, Florida Power & Light CEO Armando Pimentel and State Sen. Tom Wright. Courtesy photo
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Local and state officials met with Florida Power & Light CEO Armando Pimentel on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Daytona International Speedway about restoring power to thousands of Volusia County residents who suffered outages from Hurricane Milton.

Ormond Beach Commissioner Travis Sargent said Pimentel "provided updates and listened to our concerns."

As of 2 p.m. Saturday, 49,710 FPL customers in Volusia County still had no power, according to a county press release.

Sargent said the company is working hard to restore power to those residents.

Sargent said residents "should see progress today."

Residents needing information or to report an outage can call FPL at 800-468-8243.

Residents can also call Volusia County's Citizens Information Center at 866-345-0345 until 5 p.m. Saturday for storm-related questions.

 

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