RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia’s Dominion Energy is joining the list of local organizations deploying workers to help victims of recent hurricanes.
“Mutual aid is a critical thing for any utility provider when they’re in a severe weather event,” said Dominion Energy spokesperson Craig Carper.
Carper said that 300 Dominion Energy workers from Central Virginia are still deployed across North and South Carolina, working to restore power lost in the aftermath of Helene.
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida just weeks after Helene did. An additional 400 employees were dispatched to Florida this past Wednesday, Carper said.
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“A lot of these storms leave a lot of devastation — a lot of downed heavy trees, heavy limbs that need to be removed, before the actual restoration work can begin,” Carper said.
According to Carper, this is why both line workers and contractors were sent: contractors need to clean before power can begin to be fixed.