Press Release from the City of Lake Worth, Jan. 24th, “FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT”:

“Power Outages in Lake Worth during storm on night of January 22, 2017”

For more information:
Contact Ben Kerr, Communications Specialist
Phone: 561-586-1631
Email: bkerr@lakeworth.org

The City of Lake Worth Electric Utility reports that during the storm on the night of January 22, 2017, only 144 customers lost power. This loss was due to a lightning strike to a pole that damaged a grounding wire. Officials determined, as a preventive measure, to replace the damaged grounding wire in order to lessen the risk of a larger outage if a second strike occurred. A team was dispatched to carry out the maintenance at 04:40 am and power was returned swiftly.
     The City of Lake Worth Electric Utilities serves ≈27,000 customers in the City of Lake Worth. Prior to the storm tree crews were dispatched to areas of concern to trim tree limbs reducing the risk of issues caused by high winds.

“Speaking as one of the Downtown merchants, we were very happy that there were no outages in the Downtown.”
—Commissioner Andy Amoroso, Owner of Studio 205.

Located in central Palm Beach County, Lake Worth is a dynamic, multi-cultural city with an individualistic style. People are drawn to the City by its acceptance of different cultures and lifestyles, historic districts, hip downtown and colorful arts district.