Local power companies have sent more than 500 workers to help restore electricity to parts of Texas devastated by Hurricane Ike.

Jessica Forres reports….

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Foresters, mechanics and supervisors working for Pepco Holdings will assist with restoring power in southeast Texas…where millions of people are still without electrcity.

Robert Dobkin, a spokesperson, says more than 1-hundred workers...driving repair trucks...left on Saturday.

IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING. I MEAN DRIVING DOWN IN TRUCKS LIKE THAT IT'S NOT LIKE DRIVING IN YOUR CAR AT HIGH SPEEDS THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT SLOW AND STEADY. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THEY PLAN TO BE ON THE ROAD BUT IT WILL TAKE AWHILE.

The workers, he says, plan to stay about two weeks…but that may change…

ALL THESE GUYS HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS TO BE AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES,THEIR FAMILIES. IT COULD BE EVEN LONGER WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE AREA AS FAR AS THE ELECTRICITY GRID IS PRETTY DEVESTATED.

Virginia's Dominion power has sent nearly 500 workers to Texas.

Jessica Forres WAMU 885 News