Tracking Power Outages Caused by Hurricane Idalia – Great

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Idalia caused widespread power outages in Florida Wednesday, particularly in the Big Bend region.

Below is a list of outages reported by local power companies.

Tampa Electric Company

1,910 customers have reported power outages.

Click to see TECO’s power outage map.

To report an outage to TECO, you can make a report on its website.

If you see a down power line or open transformer, call 813-223-0800 or 1-888-223-0800. You can also report gas leaks by calling 1-877-TECO-PGS (1-877-832-6747).

Peace River Electric

The following counties have reported power outages:

• Manatee County — 24 customers without power
• Polk County — 1 customer without power
• Hardee — 1 customer without power

You can report an outage online or call 800-282-3824.

Click here to view the outage map.

Florida Power and Light

The following counties have reported outages:

• Manatee County — 3,090 customers without power
• Sarasota County — 6,790 customers without power

To learn how to report an outage, you can visit the FPL website. You can also see the outage map here.

Duke Energy

The following counties have reported outages:

• Pinellas County — 18,577 customers without power
• Pasco County — 937 customers without power
• Polk County — 382 customers without power
• Citrus County — 1,789 customers without power
• Hernando County — 240 customers without power
• Levy County — 1,480 customers without power
• Lafayette County — 68 customers without power
• Franklin County — 648 customers without power
• Lake County — 3 customers without power
• Wakulla County — 3,014 customers without power
• Alachua County — 1,433 customers without power
• Gilchrist County — 922 customers without power
• Marion County — 1,109 customers without power
• Orange County — 506 customers without power
• Volusia County — 66 customers without power
• Osceola County — 3 customers without power
• Suwannee County — 1,400 customers without power
• Seminole County — 303 customers without power
• Dixie County — 1,467 customers without power
• Taylor County — 3,920 customers without power

You can report an outage on the Duke Energy website or by calling 800-228-8485. To see the outage map, click here.

Lakeland Electric

Lakeland Electric has reported 21 customers affected by outages.

You can report an outage on the Lakeland Electric website or by calling 863-834-4248. To see the outage map, click here.

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative

The following counties have reported outages:

• Hernando — 3,305 outages
• Citrus — 1,991 outages
• Pasco — 4,708 outages

WREC has shut down power to all of Pine Island, Bayport, Hernando Beach, Weeki Wachee and Aripeka as a result of storm surge. It will remain shut down until further notice.

Check WREC’s outage map here.