Virginia Crews Honored for Sandy Aid
Published: January 31st, 2013 in: Power RestorationRICHMOND, Va.— Staffers and contractors representing several Virginia electric cooperatives were hailed as heroes by the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives for the work they did in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy... Read more
Ga. Line Crews Praised for Sandy Aid
Published: December 13th, 2012 in: Power RestorationOut-of-state mutual aid work by some electric line crews from Georgia caught the attention of the state’s utility regulators, who had nothing but praise for the volunteers from electric cooperatives and other utilities. More than a dozen... Read more
Utility Teamwork Peaks with Sandy
Published: November 19th, 2012 in: Power Restoration, Top StoryUnprecedented cooperation among the nation’s electric utilities helped restore power to 10 million people following Superstorm Sandy, winning praise from electric cooperative officials and customers of investor-owned utilities. “Our team helped thousands of people and made a... Read more
Co-ops and IOUs Near Repair Finish
Published: November 13th, 2012 in: RecoveryLong hours of work by thousands of line crews, including hundreds from electric cooperatives, whittled away at outages two weeks after Superstorm Sandy left millions of electricity users in the dark. “Leaving here while they still need... Read more
Co-op Reaches Out to Say Thanks
Published: November 11th, 2012 in: Local InitiativesIt’s not exactly like a student’s paper with a gold star on the refrigerator door, but a Maryland electric cooperative is using newspapers to praise co-ops that helped it restore power after Hurricane Sandy. “We’ve scheduled ads... Read more
After Sandy: Praise for Teamwork
Published: November 6th, 2012 in: Power RestorationFacing an onslaught of chilly autumn nights, with millions still without electricity a week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, electric cooperatives and other utilities are mounting the largest regional power restoration effort since Hurricane Katrina. “Throughout the... Read more
Superstorm Sandy in Pictures
Published: November 1st, 2012 in: Power RestorationIt was an unprecedented storm—followed by an unprecedented response. As Hurricane Sandy turned into a superstorm impacting a huge area from the Mid Atlantic through New England—and well inland—electric cooperatives joined together to get the lights back... Read more
Co-ops Aid Co-ops, IOUs After Sandy
Published: November 1st, 2012 in: Recovery, Top StoryCo-op line crews from the Gulf Coast, Midwest and Southeast used their skills, trucks and tools from New England to the mid-Atlantic to help both electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities raked by Hurricane Sandy rebuild their damaged systems. As co-op outages rapidly decreased, some of those crews headed off to help IOUs. Read more
Co-ops Mobilize to Restore Power
Published: October 30th, 2012 in: Power Restoration, Top StoryElectric cooperative line crews stepped up the process of restoring power to tens of thousands of consumer-members along the East Coast, even as a massive hybrid storm pushed inland and pummeled parts of the Midwest. Co-op crews from Mississippi to Florida moved east and north to help turn the lights back on for co-ops hard hit by the storm. Read more
Record Co-op Crews Confront Sandy
Published: October 29th, 2012 in: Power Restoration, Top StoryA hybrid storm, spawned by Hurricane Sandy, blasted the Atlantic coastline, as electric cooperative line crews from several states mobilized in record numbers to handle thousands of expected power outages. One Maryland co-op had more than 530 field workers standing by, while other co-ops were ready to deal with downed trees and lines. Read more