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Power restoration continues for electric cooperatives

Power restoration efforts continue at Missouri electric cooperatives affected by the ice storm. About 40,000 cooperative members remain without power. The largest concentration of outages remains at Ozark Electric Cooperative, where approximately 11,000 members remain without power, down from 20,000-plus at the height of the problem.

Through the Emergency Assistance Program at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Jefferson City, 317 men, with 51 digger derrick trucks, 52 large bucket trucks, 38 small bucket trucks and other equipment have been dispatched to assist the thousands of local linemen working to restore power.

Electric cooperatives across Missouri sent crews. Assistance also came from cooperatives in Illinois, Arkansas and Kansas.

In addition, there are hundreds of contractors from as far away as Louisiana and North Carolina at work for affected systems.

The following is an estimate of remaining outages at the systems hardest hit by the storm:

Barry Electric, Cassville: 750
Crawford Electric, Bourbon: 1,500
Cuivre River Electric, Troy: Restoration complete
Gascosage Electric, Dixon: 6,000
Intercounty Electric, Licking: 500
Laclede Electric, Lebanon: 8,000
New Mac Electric, Neosho: 6,000
Ozark Electric, Mount Vernon: 11,000
Sac Osage Electric, El Dorado Springs: Restoration complete
SeMaNo Electric, Mansfield: Restoration complete
Southwest Electric, Bolivar: 6,000
Three Rivers Electric, Linn: 500
Webster Electric, Marshfield: 4,000

Total outages
1-18-07: 44,250
1-17-07: 60,000
1-15-07: 120,000

Here’s a breakdown of who sent help:

Barry Electric: Received 20 men from Platte-Clay, Pemiscot Dunklin, Boone, Callaway and Barton County

Crawford Electric: Received 10 men from Black River and Citizens.

Cuivre River Electric: Received 16 men from Shelby, Ralls County, Wayne White, Egyptian and Monroe. Later sent help to Laclede.

Gascosage Electric: Received 36 men from Howell-Oregon, NE Power, United, Sho-Me,North Central, Osage Valley, Ralls County and Citizens

Laclede Electric: Received 44 men from Black River, Paul Norris, Ozark Border, Atchison-Holt, Citizens, Wayne White, Leavenworth, Farmers (Iowa), Cuivre River and Southeastern.

New-Mac Electric: Received 66 men from United, M&A Power, Farmers, Twin Valley, NE Power, Heartland, West Central, Grundy, Tri-County (Iowa), Egyptian, Shelby, Monroe, and Clay.

Ozark Electric: Received 49 men from Co-Mo, Ozark Border, United, Barton, Kaw Valley, Brown Atchison, Blue Stem, Coney Valley and C&L.

Se-Ma-No Electric: Received 4 men from Howell Oregon

Southwest Electric: Received 30 men from Grundy, Citizens, Consolidated, Central Missouri, Ozark Border, Macon, Osage Valley and Ralls County.

Three Rivers Electric: Received 18 men from Boone, Central Power, Howard, and Consolidated.

Webster Electric: Received 29 men from White River, West Central and Southeastern.

For more information, contact Jim McCarty at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives — (573) 635-6857, ext. 3402, jmccarty@amec.org.

 
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