Electric Co-op Demonstrates Electric Safety at Kentucky PSC
07/12/2004

On June 28 Nolin RECC linemen presented a safety demonstration at the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) in Frankfort. The purpose of the demonstration was to show the PSC, the Forestry Agency and others in attendance that electric cooperatives take electrical safety issues very seriously.

In all, about 65 people were present to watch Nolin linemen Kenny Brown, Al Akridge and Jerry French demonstrate with the 14-foot, 7,200 volt high voltage safety training trailer how hazardous electricity can be if not respected and watched carefully. Demonstrations included ladder and antenna awareness, farm equipment awareness, downed power line awareness and electrical fire safety.

Electric cooperatives in Kentucky not only give safety demonstrations with the safety trailer, they also give many demonstrations in schools in their service areas. These demonstrations are conducted on a six-foot board, also equipped with 7,200 volts of electricity. Both demonstrations teach children, and adults, how to play it safe around electricity and electric power lines.

“We’ve been wanting to do a demonstration of this kind with our state’s regulatory body for some time,” says Nolin RECC CEO Mickey Miller. “And, with this type of demonstration, this is really where electricity meets the road for all to see.”

This was the first of its kind electric safety demonstration for the Public Service Commission.

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