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Dec. 15, 2007 — 9:10 a.m.

Recovery continues in hardest hit areas

View the latest information about Missouri co-op systems affected by the ice storm.

WIth the exception of three hard-hit systems in northwest Missouri, the state's electric cooperatives have nearly completed restoring power to consumers affected by this week's winter storms. Grundy Electric Cooperative and United Electric Cooperative in northwest Missouri still face significant outages but are making progress to restore power to all consumers. In southwest Missouri, Barton County Electric Cooperative is nearing completion of its restoration efforts as well.

Most of the states cooperatives have completed restoration efforts or will do so today. In some areas it is possible that clean-up efforts will result in temporary outages for some members as lines are de-energized for safety considerations.

The hardest hit electric cooperative in Missouri, United Electric Cooperative, based in Maryville, reports as many as 2,500 members are still without power. It may be mid-week before power is completely restored. Trenton-based Grundy Electric Cooperative reports less than 500 members remain without power. About 100 members of Atchison-Holt Electric, located in Rockport, are without power. Full restoration at that system is expected today.

In southwest Missouri, muddy conditions hamper recovery efforts at Barton County Electric Cooperative. That system has about 375 members without power and expects to complete recovery before Monday.

Latest outage estimates

Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative, Rockport: 100
Barton Electric Cooperative, Lamar: 375
Boone Electric Cooperative, Columbia: Restoration complete
Callaway Electric Cooperative, Fulton: Restoration complete
Consolidated Electric Cooperative, Mexico: Restoration complete
CoMo Electric Cooperative, Tipton: Restoration complete
Cuivre River Electric Cooperative, Troy: Restoration complete
Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Chillicothe: Restoration complete
Grundy Electric Cooperative, Trenton: 400
New Mac Electric Cooperative, Neosho: Restoration complete
North Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, Milan: Restoration complete
Ozark Electric Cooperative, Mt. Vernon: Restoration complete
Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, Kearney: Restoration complete
Sac Osage Electric Cooperative, El Dorado Springs: Restoration complete
Southwest Electric Cooperative, Bolivar: Restoration complete
Three Rivers Electric Cooperative, Linn: Restoration complete
Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Lancaster: Restoration complete
United Electric Cooperative, Maryville: 2,500

Total: 3,375

(Was 8,690 on Thursday)

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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