190K FPL, LCEC, PRECO customers without power in parts of SWFL

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FORT MYERS, Fla. There are 190,438 customers without power in parts of Southwest Florida.

There are 38,148 Lee County Electric Cooperative customers without power as of 5:42 p.m. Sunday, according to LCEC. Customers in areas such as Cape Coral, Marco Island, Pine Island, Sanibel, Captiva, North Fort Myers and other surrounding areas are expected to have power restored by Tuesday evening.

Harder hit areas such as Lehigh Acres and Immokalee are expected to have power restored by Friday, according to LCEC.

Here are the LCEC power outage numbers separated by area:

Numbers via LCEC

There are 152,260 Florida Power and Light customers without power as of 3 p.m. Sunday, according to FPL. Here are the FPL power outage numbers separated by each Southwest Florida County:

  • Charlotte County: 9,250 (8 percent of customers)
  • Collier County: 74,930 (36 percent of customers)
  • DeSoto County: 3,210 (19 percent of customers)
  • Glades County: 450 (13 percent of customers)
  • Hendry County: 4,220 (44 percent of customers)
  • Highlands County: 30 (5 percent of customers)
  • Lee County:60,170 (23 percent of customers)

There are 16 Peace River Electric Cooperative customers without power in DeSoto County, which accounts for 1.6 percent of customers, according to PRECO. There are 14 PRECO customers without power in Highlands County, accounting for 3.7 percent of customers.

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