MARQUETTE, MI-- Upper Peninsula Power Company crews have returned from Florida.
Eight linemen and a supervisor were deployed to Tampa where they assisted TECO Energy in cleanup from Hurricane Irma. Officials say as efforts were wrapping up near Tampa another electric company requested UPPCO’s assistance further south near Fort Meyers. The crews helped restore power to residents for another week before returning to the U.P.
Linemen from Houghton, Ishpeming, Munising, and Escanaba took four utility service trucks, one pickup truck, and a supply trailer to Florida. They joined utility workers from around the nation.
