Lineworkers from Ohio’s Electric Coops Send Additional Help to Carolinas to Restore Power After Hurricane Helene
More than a dozen electric cooperatives in Ohio have sent teams of lineworkers to help the massive power restoration efforts underway in North and South Carolina after Hurricane Helene ravaged the area and left thousands of people without power.
The first mutual aid crews headed south on Saturday, and more have joined throughout the week. Nearly 50 lineworkers from 13 different Ohio electric cooperatives have answered the call for help in what’s being called the worst hurricane disaster since Katrina. The three electric cooperatives Ohio crews are assisting are Broad River Electric Cooperative Cowpens, South Carolina; Laurens Electric Cooperative in Laurens, South Carolina; and Energy United in Statesville, North Carolina.
Lineworkers, digger and bucket trucks were all sent to assist in the effort that’s expected to last weeks, even months. Mutual aid is common practice for Ohio’s electric co-ops.
Broad River Electric Cooperative in Cowpens, South Carolina:
Frontier Power Company (5); Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative (4); The Energy Cooperative (4); Butler Rural Electric Cooperative (new) (5); Pioneer Electric Cooperative (4)
Laurens Electric Cooperative in Laurens, South Carolina:
Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative (6); Consolidated Cooperative (4); Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative (2); North Western Electric Cooperative (2)
Energy United in Statesville, North Carolina:
Midwest Electric (5); Carroll Electric Cooperative (4); Firelands Electric Cooperative (2); Logan County Electric Cooperative (2)
Mutual aid is common practice for Ohio’s electric co-ops. The co-ops help each other in the form of lineworkers, bucket, and digger trucks, whenever the call for help comes in.
Ohio co-ops helping in the Carolinas:
Butler, Carroll, Consolidated; The Energy Co-op; Firelands; Frontier; Guernsey-Muskingum; Hancock-Wood; Holmes-Wayne; Logan; Mid-Ohio; Midwest; North Western; Pioneer
The Carolina Co-ops Receiving Mutual Aid:
Laurens EC in Laurens, SC
o Holmes-Wayne, Consolidated, Hancock-Wood, North Western
• Energy United in Statesville, NC
o Midwest, Firelands, Logan and Carroll
• Broad River EC in Cowpens, SC
o Pioneer, Butler, GMEC, Frontier, The Energy Co-op
About Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives: Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives is the statewide association representing Ohio’s (1 in West Virginia ) 25 electric cooperatives, which serve 1-million cooperative members across 77 of Ohio’s counties. Electric cooperatives in Ohio are not-for-profit distribution cooperatives, providing reliable, affordable, environmentally responsible electricity to the communities they serve.
