City Utilities of Springfield says around 4,800 customers remain without power Friday morning, nearly 72 hours after severe storms caused around 50,000 outages in the city.
The utility says around 300 people are working on the response to this emergency, and it’s telling the community it’s fully committed to restoring power to every last customer as quickly and safely as possible.
C-U officials say they understand the prolonged outage is frustrating and they appreciate everyone’s patience.