Jacksonville utility crews deploy to South Carolina ahead of icy winter storm expected to wreak havoc on power lines

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – JEA crews headed north Friday morning to assist with potential power restoration efforts as a major winter storm threatens the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

Forty JEA team members, including 37 electric line workers and three fleet support staff, left around 7 a.m. Friday for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They will support Santee Cooper, a public power utility serving South Carolina’s Atlantic Coast region.

The crews are part of a larger mutual aid response that includes 15 public power utilities from across Florida…

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