CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Forecasters predict Hurricane Debby will bring historic heavy rainfall to the Southeast, and Dominion Energy is preparing for the storm.
Paul Fischer, Strategic Communications Advisor for Dominion Energy, says they are working around the clock and stand ready to respond to emergencies. He adds Dominion Energy has crews, vehicles and equipment staged across its service territory in South Carolina.
According to Dominion Energy, they have already worked to secure additional line workers and contract resources from out of state to mobilize and stage along the coast. Officials say they are staged in areas predicted to be the most severe.
“So all hands on deck right now, we’re working to secure approximately an additional 200 [workers], that number will continue to move forward as we see the impacts we’re able to move those resources all across the service territories, to areas where the outages or the impacts are the most severe,” said Paul Fischer.
When asked how soon outages can be assets, Fischer says Dominion Energy works year-round to safeguard its system from hazardous and dangerous vegetation. This will enable clearance around the powerlines so that they can operate as quickly as possible to restore power.