Optical Fiber Cable Trade Fair 2024 Flash News: Duke Energy Ready for Action During Hurricane Peak Season
Duke Energy is focused on grid fortification utilizing advanced technology to maintain a stable power supply in Florida, which withstands hurricanes and other disasters. According to data from the U.S. Optical Fiber Cable Trade Fair 2024 learned that data from the National Hurricane Center of United States shows that the peak of Atlantic hurricane season is September, with most storms occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Melissa Seixas, President of Duke Energy Florida, stated, "Storms can arrive at any time, but Duke Energy is prepared. We encourage our customers to use this time to check the condition of their equipment, ensure it is repaired promptly, and to actively maintain communication with family, friends, and neighbors."
Hurricane Debbie was a significant storm that made landfall in Florida early on August 5.
Over the past three years, the storm protection plan has fortified more than 40,000 utility poles.
Additionally, the company has undertaken measures such as building new substations and expanding existing ones to increase the capacity of the grid, thereby providing reliable service to customers.
During Hurricane Debbie, the company’s automated repair technology saved customers a total of over 12.5 million minutes of downtime and automatically restored power to more than 62,000 customer outages.
Optical Fiber Cable Trade Fair 2024 learned that while the self-repair systems cannot fix physical damage to power lines, they can reduce the number of customers affected by outages by 75% and restore power in less than a minute.
In Florida, more than 76% of users have adopted this technology, and 93% of customers had power restored within 24 hours after the hurricane made landfall.
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