• Jeanne
• Ivan
• Frances
• Charley
• Isabel
• December 2002 Ice Storm
• January 2000 Winter Storm
• Floyd
• Dennis
• Bonnie
• Fran
• Bertha
• Hugo

Sept. 26, 2004

• Jeanne made landfall near Stuart, Fla., as a Category 2 storm with winds of 110 mph.
  
• More than 722,000 Progress Energy Florida customers lost power
  
• Power was restored within 5 days
  
• More than 5,700 personnel were mobilized for storm response

Florida landfall

Sept. 16, 2004

• Hurricane Ivan made landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm with winds of 125 mph
  
• More than 10,000 Progress Energy Florida customers lost power
  
• Power was restored within 24 hours
  
• No additional crews were mobilized for this storm

Carolinas landfall

Sept. 18, 2004

• Ivan moved north, again causing flooding and damage in Western North Carolina. Winds of up to 50 mph toppled trees and power lines.
  
• More than 112,000 customers in all 10 Progress Energy Carolinas counties in Western NC lost power
  
• Power was restored within 5 days
  
• More than 800 line & service and tree personnel were mobilized for storm response

Florida landfall

Sept. 4, 2004

• As Progress Energy’s reconstruction effort from Charley continued, Hurricane Frances made landfall near Stuart, Fla., as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph.
  
• 832,898 Progress Energy Florida customers lost power
  
• Power was restored in 7 days
  
• More than 9,000 workers mobilized for storm response

Carolinas landfall

Sept. 6, 2004

• After making landfall in Florida, Frances was downgraded to a tropical storm and moved northward toward Western North Carolina. Torrential rainfall and winds caused mudslides and falling trees in the Carolinas.
  
• More than 13,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers lost power
  
• Power was restored within 24 hours
  
• No additional crews were mobilized for this storm

Florida landfall

Aug. 13, 2004

• Hurricane Charley made landfall in Punta Gorda, Fla., as a Category 4 storm with winds of 145 mph, tracking through Progress Energy Florida’s central Florida service area.
  
• 502,000 Progress Energy Florida customers were without power at the peak, around midnight Friday
  
• Power was restored to all customers by Monday, Aug. 23
  
• More than 7,300 Progress Energy Florida/Carolinas and off-system workers
  
• More than 700 miles of transmission line damaged and 629 transmission structures damaged
  
• 83 substations damaged
  
• 2,846 poles replaced and 6,005 transformers replaced
  
• 1,143 individual service lines replaced
  
• 1,408 miles of power line down

Carolinas landfall

Aug. 14, 2004

• Hurricane Charley made its second landfall near Southport, N.C. as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 mph
  
• 112,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers without power at peak around 4 p.m. Saturday
  
• Power was restored to all customers by 1 p.m. Monday

Sept. 18, 2003

• Hurricane Isabel made landfall near Cape Hatteras as a Category 2 storm with winds of 110 mph.
  
• 320,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers were without power at the peak, at around 9 p.m. that night
  
• Power was restored to all customers by midnight Saturday, Sept. 20
  
• More than 2,500 Progress Energy Florida/Carolinas and off-system workers
  
• 212 poles replaced
  
• 307 transformers replaced
  
• Approximately 88 miles of power line down
  
• Approximately 1,200 individual service lines down
  
• $13.5 million in damage/restoration costs

Dec. 4, 2002

• Central North Carolina experienced one of the most devastating ice storms on record, leaving more than ¾ inch of ice accumulation on trees and power lines. Many linemen described the storm as “Fran on ice.”
  
• 464,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers without power at peak of storm on Thursday, Dec. 5
  
• Nearly 4,000 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers
  
• Restored power to nearly 50 percent of customers by the second full day of work (Dec. 7); restored 90 percent by Tuesday, Dec. 10
  
• $39 million in damage/restoration costs to Progress Energy Carolinas

Jan. 22-24, 2000

• Ice accumulated up to ¼ inch during a storm on Jan. 22-23; followed by a Jan. 24 storm that dropped more than 20 inches of snow in the northern region. On Jan. 26, an additional 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice fell on top of the existing precipitation.
  
• 189,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers without power at peak of storm
  
• More than 4,000 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers
  
• Restored power to more than 90 percent of customers affected by the storms by midnight, Jan. 27
  
• Restored power to all customers capable of receiving it by Jan. 31
  
• $25 million in damage/restoration costs to Progress Energy Carolinas

Sept. 15, 1999

•  Category 4 storm that fortunately weakened to Category 2 storm before making landfall with 110 mph winds.  Known more for its devastating flooding than its storm damage, Floyd dropped more than 20 inches of rain in some parts of eastern North Carolina.  Most of the Progress Energy Carolinas service area in Eastern and Northern regions received at least 10 inches of rain.
  
• 537,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers without power at peak of storm, 9 a.m., Sept. 16.
  
• Almost 7,000 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers.
  
• 2,400 poles damaged
  
• 683 miles of line damaged
  
• Numerous substations flooded
  
• Progress Energy Carolinas crews made many repairs by boat.  Workers and supplies were airlifted into some areas by helicopter.
  
• Restored power to more than 98 percent of customers affected by the storm by 4 p.m., Sept. 20.
  
• Restored power to all accessible customers capable of receiving it by Sept. 21
  
• About 2,000 customers affected by floodwaters were unable to receive power until repairs and electrical inspections were complete.
  
• $65 million in damage/restoration costs to Progress Energy Carolinas

Aug. 30 and Sept. 4, 1999

• The storm that wouldn’t go away. First struck Aug. 30, 1999, as a Category 2 storm with winds of 90 mph.  Dennis scraped the NC coast, paused just off the Outer Banks for a few days, then backed up and came ashore again, this time heading inland as a weak tropical system over the Piedmont and into Virginia.  The second landfall came on the evening of Sept. 4. Dennis is remembered for its long-term battery of the Outer Banks.
  
• Aug. 30:  Left 60,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers without power, although the storm’s slow movement meant that additional outages happened while we were making repairs.  Some customers may have been affected twice.
  
• Sept. 4:  About 5,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers were left without power, mostly in coastal areas.
  
• 950 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers
  
• $3.9 million damage to the Progress Energy Carolinas system

Aug. 26-28, 1998

• Minimal Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115. Made landfall near Wilmington, N.C. and moved very slowly north/northeast along the coast. 
  
• Progress Energy Carolinas crews had to wait up to 36 hours before beginning repairs because Bonnie moved so slowly. Crews had to follow behind the storm to make repairs along the coast
  
• 244,500 Progress Energy Carolinas customers without power
  
• 3,700 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers
  
• 90 percent power restoration in less than 48 hours.  All customers capable of receiving it had power by Aug. 30.
  
• $23 million damage to the Progress Energy Carolinas system
  
• Progress Energy Carolinas was named one of the first recipients of the Edison Electric Institute’s Emergency Response Award, which cites Progress Energy Carolinas’ outstanding achievement in the face of natural disaster. 

Sept. 5-6, 1996

• Minimal Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 and gusts up to 140.  Made landfall near Wilmington, N.C., and followed I-40 to the Triangle, then traveled north-northwest into Virginia east of Danville. Maintained significant strength well inland, causing considerable damage in the Triangle.
  
• 792,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers left without power - FEMA designated it the largest concentrated power outage caused by a hurricane in U.S. history.  We had a 98 percent power outage within the storm’s path.
  
• 5,500 poles destroyed.  Laid end-to-end, the poles would stretch from Wilmington to Jacksonville
  
• 2,800 transformers damaged
  
• 3,000 miles of line downed – enough to stretch from Raleigh to Denver and back
  
• 7,800 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers from almost 50 utilities and contract companies, including every available crew east of the Mississippi and some from as far away as Texas. We had 2,000 more workers than the restoration workforce after Hurricane Andrew in south Florida in 1992, according to Florida Power & Light.
  
• 53 transmission lines damaged, 87 substations out of service
  
• Four-year supply of splices used for line repairs
  
• $100 million damage to the Progress Energy Carolinas system
  
• 11 days to restore power to all customers capable of receiving it

July 12, 1996

• Made landfall as a minimal Category 2 storm near Wilmington and made a glancing blow N/NE across eastern North Carolina.  Sustained winds of 105, with gusts up to 130.
  
• 225,000 Progress Energy customers without power, mainly in eastern North Carolina
  
• 2,400 Progress Energy Carolinas and outside workers
  
• Four days to restore power to all customers capable of receiving it.
  
• $11 million damage to the Progress Energy Carolinas system. 

Sept. 21, 1989

• Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130. Made landfall at Charleston, S.C. and crossed north-northwest across the state, passing over Charlotte and into the mountains of the Virginias.
  
• Virtually all of 140,000 Progress Energy Carolinas customers in South Carolina experienced service interruptions –  several thousand others in North Carolina
  
• 384 transmission poles replaced
  
• 48 substations repaired
  
• 280 miles of conductor replaced
  
• 2,300 transformers repaired or replaced
  
• Total cost: $12.3 million (92 percent in S.C.)
  
• Last damaged substation energized Sept. 9. That same day, electric service had been restored to 60 percent of customers who had lost it.
  
• By 8 a.m. Oct. 4 (13 days), power was restored to all customers capable of receiving it.