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Article: Electric Cooperatives Send Line Crews To Kentucky.
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- Energy Weekly News
- Article date:
- February 13, 2009
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Personnel from 12 electric membership corporations (EMCs) in Georgia and Georgia Transmission Corp. are headed to Kentucky to help the state restore power to areas hardest hit by the recent winter storm.
"Being an electric co-op means calling upon your neighbors during emergencies," says Jim Wright, Georgia EMC Vice President of Training, Education & Safety. "We have an unwritten agreement that says if we're in trouble, they help us. In return, we help them."
Nearly 100 workers began leaving yesterday from Carroll EMC in Carrollton, Central Georgia EMC in Jackson, Cobb EMC in Marietta, Coweta-Fayette EMC in Newnan, Flint Energies in Reynolds, Diverse ...