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Southern Columbia Area SD presses PPL on outage prioritization after multi‑day blackouts
Summary
District officials told a facilities meeting that the district was treated as six meters despite serving about 1,300 people during recent multi‑day outages, and asked PPL to explain its prioritization policy and return with answers within a week; district staff said they may file a complaint with the state PUC if issues remain unresolved.
Southern Columbia Area School District officials confronted PPL representatives on how the utility prioritizes storm restoration after multiple outages this winter left the district without power for many students and families.
At a facilities meeting, Jacob, a PPL representative, reviewed five years of outage data and confirmed two recent long outages: Jan. 10 (about 15 hours) and Feb. 13 (about 30 hours). District speakers said the outages’ duration and impacts were severe because the campus serves roughly 1,300 people but is counted by PPL as six customer accounts. "Your website says that schools are gonna be prioritized," a district speaker said, "We're not." The comment echoed broader frustration that PPL’s…
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