Coops Battle the Effect of Hurricane Irene
Electric cooperatives across the Northeast are dealing with the power disruptions caused by Hurricane Irene’s destruction. According to Touchstone Energy Group, North Carolina-based coops have restored power to nearly 90,000 households, reducing the 152,000 outages reported on Saturday. In Vermont, utility workers continued working Monday morning to restore electricity to the 4,400 members of the Vermont Electric Cooperative still without power. See more on the damage caused by Hurricane Irene here.