(JEFFERSON, GA. Dec. 9, 2018) – Heavy rainfall from Saturday’s storms saturated the ground, leaving trees susceptible to the storms accompanying strong winds, which blew down trees and limbs into power lines. Members across Jackson EMC’s 10-county service area began experiencing weather-related outages at 9 p.m. Linemen worked throughout the night to restore power to thousands of members. At 1 a.m., 3,990 members were without power.

As of 9 a.m., 240 members remain without power in Hall (169), Jackson (26), Lumpkin (19), Banks (17) Gwinnett (8) and Madison (1) counties.

Line crews continue to work restoring these outages as quickly as conditions and safety allow.

Updated information is available on our website outage map at http://jemc.maps.sienatech.com/.

Members may report outages from their computer or mobile device on the website, www.jacksonemc.com, or by calling 1-800-245-4044.

As the weather continues to be a threat in our area, we are monitoring the situation, and we will continue to send updates on any outages and our restoration efforts.