Kentucky Electric Co-ops Send Crews to Hurricane Victims
09/17/2004

Help is on the way for hurricane power-outage victims, in the form of more than 50 power line workers and 25 utility vehicles being sent by Kentucky consumer-owned electric cooperatives.

Five Kentucky co-ops have already sent crews to Florida and Alabama and others are preparing to make relief workers available as specific cleanup and repair needs become clearer.

“Our hearts go out to the victims of this disaster and we’re glad Kentucky’s electric co-ops can potentially help people with the enormous job of restoring power to so many homes and businesses,” said Ron Sheets, president of the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives in Louisville. “Working together to keep the electricity on is what electric co-ops do every day. We know co-ops in those states would do the same for us, and they have done just that when Kentucky co-ops have suffered heavy storm damage.”

As of the afternoon of September 16 crews were either on their way or already repairing damage, from Cumberland Valley Electric co-op in Gray; Kenergy electric co-op in Henderson; Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative in Elizabethtown; South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative in Somerset; and Warren Rural Electric Cooperative in Bowling Green.

The Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, based in Louisville, represents 26 local, user-owned, electric cooperatives, which provide electricity to about one-third of the homes and businesses in the state, covering parts of 117 of the 120 counties in Kentucky.

For more information contact:
Dennis Cannon, vice president, public relations, or
Paul Wesslund, vice president, communications
Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives
(800) 357-5232 (502) 451-2430

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