Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Sues Insurer Over Winter Storm Uri Lawsuit Coverage
Posted on Feb 18, 2022 in Litigation, Natural Disaster | Comments Off on Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Sues Insurer Over Winter Storm Uri Lawsuit Coverage
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Inc., a Texas power generation cooperative, filed suit against its insurer, Hartford Underwriter Insurance Co., alleging, amongst other things, that the insurer wrongfully denied coverage of a lawsuit filed by customers claiming bodily injury and property damaged caused by power outages during Winter Storm Uri. Golden Spread is seeking declaratory...
East Coast Cooperatives Work to Restore Power After Winter Storm
Posted on Jan 7, 2022 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on East Coast Cooperatives Work to Restore Power After Winter Storm
Lineworkers from North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania are assisting Virginia, Maryland and Delaware-based crews to restore power after a winter storm knocked out power to more than 160,000 meters. The outages were caused by heavy snow on limbs and trees.
Electric Cooperatives Work to Restore Power After Deadly Tornadoes
Posted on Dec 14, 2021 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives Work to Restore Power After Deadly Tornadoes
After tornadoes and strong winds ravaged parts of the South and Midwest, electric cooperatives are working to restore damage to transmission lines and support structures in order to restore power to communities. Full restoration is likely to take weeks as it is conservatively estimated that more than 1,000 utility poles were damaged in the storms, but less affected electric...
Missouri Coop Suffers Tornado Damage
Posted on Nov 1, 2021 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on Missouri Coop Suffers Tornado Damage
Black River Electric Cooperatives buildings and trucks suffered severe damage after a tornado swept through southeast Missouri on October 24th. Despite the damage, the coop, with the help of eight other Missouri coop crews, restored power to a majority of members by the evening of the 25th.
Coops Receive Aid to Support Wildfire Repairs
Posted on Sep 23, 2021 in Natural Disaster, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Receive Aid to Support Wildfire Repairs
Lane Electric Cooperative and Consumers Power Inc., two electrical coops serving customers in Oregon, will receive a combined $21 million to help cover the cost of repairs to electric transmission and distribution infrastructure damaged by wildfires in September 2020.
Wildfires Threaten Electric Coop’s Territory
Posted on Sep 14, 2021 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on Wildfires Threaten Electric Coop’s Territory
The California Dixie Fire, which has burned nearly 1 million acres since mid-July, continues to threaten areas served by Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative. The coop, which serves roughly 8,000 meters northwest of Reno, Nevada, has been on backup power since July 21.
Tracking the Electric Coop Response to Hurricane Ida
Posted on Sep 1, 2021 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on Tracking the Electric Coop Response to Hurricane Ida
A massive mutual aid effort involving utility crews from more than 30 states is underway after Hurricane Ida made landfall west of New Orleans as a powerful Category 4 storm. Crews from electric coops in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas are headed to Louisiana to assist with power restoration.
NRECA Suggests FEMA Improvements
Posted on Aug 6, 2021 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on NRECA Suggests FEMA Improvements
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) responded to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) request for information related to natural disaster recovery with comments focused on fixing policies and regulations that create financial hardships for electric cooperatives and the communities they serve. Slow disbursement of emergency funds and the inability to...
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