{"id":303401,"date":"2026-06-11T02:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T02:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303401\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T02:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T02:15:33","slug":"ouc-customers-experience-shortest-outages-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303401\/","title":{"rendered":"OUC customers experience shortest outages in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Orlando Utilities Commission<\/a> says its customers had the shortest average power outages in Florida for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

OUC said the results are based on 2025 data submitted to the Florida Public Service Commission by investor-owned utilities.<\/p>\n

According to OUC, its nearly 300,000 customers experienced the shortest average interruption time of all major Florida utilities.<\/p>\n

OUC serves Orlando, St. Cloud and parts of unincorporated Orange and Osceola counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur employees take great pride in living up to our name as The Reliable One,\u201d said Attila Miszti, OUC chief operating officer. \u201cDelivering Florida\u2019s shortest outages for a second year in a row reflects their hard work and our commitment to the reliability our customers expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

OUC said it ranked ahead of investor-owned utility companies in key reliability measurements, including average outage duration and average restoration time.<\/p>\n

According to the utility, smart grid devices prevented nearly 40,000 customer outages last year and more than 90,000 outages over the past two years.<\/p>\n

OUC said its reliability improvements are tied to grid hardening, infrastructure upgrades, maintenance and technology designed to reroute power during outages.<\/p>\n

The utility recently completed transmission upgrades, including a new 230 kV line to serve growing demand in St. Cloud and southeastern Orlando.<\/p>\n

OUC said 68% of its system is already underground and that new undergrounding projects are being piloted to improve reliability.<\/p>\n

The utility also said it maintains more than 3,400 miles of transmission and distribution lines across a 419-square-mile electric service area.<\/p>\n

Annual maintenance includes inspecting more than 68,000 utility poles, replacing wooden poles with concrete poles as needed and pruning vegetation along nearly 1,000 miles of overhead lines each year.<\/p>\n

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