Alabama Power Schedules Service Outage in Dauphin Island

Residents of Dauphin Island should plan for a brief interruption in electric service this week after Alabama Power announced a planned service outage for Wednesday, Nov. 3.

The utility scheduled the shutdown so line workers can safely upgrade equipment and make improvements to the transmission systems that serve the barrier island community, according to a news release from Alabama Power. Work of this kind typically cannot be performed while lines are energized, which is why customers see a coordinated, temporary outage rather than routine switching.

Dauphin Island sits at the end of a single causeway in Mobile County, so planned outages like this one are the utility’s way of keeping long-term reliability high in a coastal environment where salt air, storms and marsh terrain put extra strain on equipment. Customers with medical equipment that depends on electricity are generally encouraged to make arrangements in advance of any scheduled interruption.

No extended timeline was given beyond the announced date. Alabama Power said additional details would be available through its customer service channels for residents with questions about the work.