title: FACTBOX: About 6.1 million without power in U.S. Southeast after Irma: utilities
text: (Reuters) - Power outages from Hurricane Irma dropped to about 6.1 million in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama by Tuesday afternoon, down from a peak over 7.4 million late Monday, according to local utilities. Most remaining outages were in Florida Power & Light s service area in the southern and eastern parts of the state. FPL, a unit of NextEra Energy Inc and the state s biggest power company, said its outages dipped below 2.8 million by Tuesday afternoon from a peak of over 3.6 million Monday morning. FPL said it expects to restore essentially all of its customers in the eastern portion of Florida by the weekend and the harder-hit western portion of the state by Sept. 22. The company, however, warned it would take longer to restore customers with tornado damage or severe flooding. Florida outages for Duke Energy Corp, which serves the northern and central parts of the state, fell to around 1 million by Tuesday afternoon, down from a peak of about 1.2 million on Monday, according to the company s website. Irma hit southwestern Florida on Sunday morning as a dangerous Category 4 storm, the second-highest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. It gradually weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression on Monday. In Georgia, utilities reported over 1.1 million customers without power Tuesday, down from a peak of around 1.3 million on Monday night. Other big power utilities in Florida are units of Emera Inc and Southern Co, which also operates the biggest electric companies in Georgia and Alabama. The following lists major outages according to the utilities  websites:            Power Company                      State       Out Now         Served                       NextEra - FPL                       FL        2,751,000      4,904,000                       Duke - Florida                      FL        1,000,000      1,800,000                       Southern - Georgia Power            GA         684,400       2,482,000                       Georgia EMCs                        GA         428,000                                  Emera - Tampa Electric              FL         263,600        425,000                       Lee County Electric                 FL         160,900        200,000                       JEA                                 FL         149,000        455,000                       Duke - South Carolina             NC, SC       122,500        740,000                       Clay Electric                       FL         106,100        173,000                       SECO                                FL         84,200         200,600                       Orlando Utilities Commission        FL         79,200         234,700                       Withlacoochee River Electric        FL         68,200         217,000                       Scana                               SC         35,700         720,300                       Keys Energy Services                FL         29,000         29,000                       South Carolina EMCs                 SC         28,500                                   Florida Keys Electric               FL         21,600         33,000                       Alabama Power                       AL         20,000        1,400,000                       Suwanee Valley Electric             FL         19,800         25,600                       Central Florida Electric            FL         17,100         35,600                       Peace River Electric                FL         15,800         40,000                       Glades Electric                     FL         15,800         16,000                       Tri-County Electric                 FL         13,300         18,000                       Talquin Electric                    FL         12,700         51,000                       Gainesville Regional Utilities      FL         12,500         93,000                       Kissimmee Utility Authority         FL          7,000         72,000                       City of Chattanooga EPB             TN          1,500         170,000                       Dominion                          VA, NC         300         2,582,800                       Memphis Gas, Light & Water          TN           100          421,000                                                        Total Out    6,147,800                      