More than 65,000 workers from at least 44 states are working day and night to restore power to the communities impacted by Winter Storm Fern. 

Though significant progress has been made—with power restored to more than 815,000 customers—crews are continuing to work diligently to restore power to all customers who can safely receive it. 

As restoration progress continues, mutual assistance crews will continuously be reallocated to these most impacted communities until every customer who is able to receive power is safely restored.

EEI President and CEO Drew Maloney highlighted the industry’s mutual assistance response when speaking with CNBC this week, noting “the coordination with federal, state, and local officials...to get power up as quickly as possible during this historic ice storm.”

The CEO-led Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council continues to be engaged to ensure unity of effort across the highest levels of government and across all segments of the industry.

Learn more about the industry’s response to this historic winter storm on EEI’s Storm Center.