About 30 ComEd workers headed to Georgia from Channahon Friday to help with power restoration efforts in the state amid Tropical Storm Helene.
Tropical Storm Helene, which has killed at least 42 people in the Southeast, has also left more than 4 million people without power in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and parts of Virginia.
The road to Georgia may be difficult as Helene’s remains linger and some roadways may be damaged.
“Our people are going to talk to Georgia Power. They’re going to monitor the weather, they’re going to see what’s going on between here and Georgia,” ComEd spokesperson John Schoen said.
Jessica Jaramillo is a manager at ComEd who will join crews on the ground for this deployment for the first time.
“We really don’t know what to anticipate right now,” she said.
Jaramillo and her team have been packing for two weeks and will remain in Georgia until power is restored.
ComEd will send 100 more linemen to South Carolina on Saturday. These crews will primarily work on distribution lines, which serve power to homes.
Friday’s crews are working on transmission lines, which have higher voltage and come directly from a power plant.
“It’s a smaller group but it’s a more specialized group. And that’s what Georgia power has been asking for,” Schoen told NBC Chicago.
Friday’s team will stop first in Kentucky before continuing to Georgia, where they are expected sometime Sunday afternoon.