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Co-ops Cope with Super Bowl StormPublished: February 6th, 2012
Co-ops in the Rockies ensured the power stayed on for Super Bowl Sunday this year. As the first major snow storm of 2012 pushed out of the mountains and across the High Plains, line crews mobilized to... Read more
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Co-ops in Mid-South Battle OutagesPublished: January 25th, 2012
High winds and numerous tornadoes caused scattered power outages across the mid-South early this week, but electric cooperative line crews were able to handle most of them and restore service to... Read more
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Winter Storm Slams Pacific CoastPublished: January 21st, 2012
A massive winter storm that pummeled parts of the Pacific Coast is keeping electric cooperative lineworkers in parts of two states busy restoring power. “We’ve had scattered outages on both of... Read more
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14 Feet of Snow Covers Alaska Co-opPublished: January 11th, 2012
An Alaska electric cooperative has faced months of blizzards and avalanches, but despite harsh winter conditions, no weather-related outages have occurred on its distribution lines. “We’ve gotten... Read more
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Cold Snap Chills the SouthPublished: January 10th, 2012
The first cold snap of 2012 swept out of the Central Plains last week, and forced electric cooperatives in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Deep South to ask consumer-members to conserve energy. Others... Read more
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Co-op Praised For Post-Irene ActionPublished: January 8th, 2012
A North Carolina co-op has won raves from members for power restoration efforts after Hurricane Irene struck its Outer Banks service area last summer. Nearly 95 percent of all residents thought Cape... Read more
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Windy Year-End Blackouts in MontanaPublished: January 3rd, 2012
High winds roaring across northwestern Montana knocked out power to hundreds of co-op consumer-members and affected at least one ski resort, but line crews moved quickly to restore power in time for the New... Read more