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November 2024
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Electric cooperatives in the southeastern
U.S. are facing unprecedented challenges
in the wake of Hurricane Helene. More
than four million households, of which
more than 1.4 million were co-op
households, lost power in the powerful
storm. Dealing with catastrophic
infrastructure losses and war zone-like
logistical hurdles, thousands of cooperative
lineworkers from affected areas and nearby
states have been working to restore power.
To date, Northern Virginia Electric
Cooperative (NOVEC) has deployed two
teams to help three cooperatives restore
power in hurricane-battered communities.
A five-man team of NOVEC lineworkers,
including Chris Fasenmyer, Zach Bell,
Kyle Sarvis, Aaron Church, and Robbie
Studds, left their families on September
27 to travel to Powell Valley Electric
Cooperative in southwestern Virginia.
Several days later, this group was released
from Powell Valley and traveled to Blue
Ridge Energy in Lenoir, NC, to assist there.
A second team of four lineworkers,
including Hunter Partlow, Brandon Fisher,
Ben Williams, and Anthony Helsley, arrived
on October 1 in New Castle, VA, to assist
the Craig Botetourt Electric Cooperative.
They left the next day to travel to Blue
Ridge Energy.
"NOVEC's crew has been working hard
getting the lights on," said NOVEC
construction manager Mark DeChristopher.
"They're facing
difficult conditions
but are feeling
good and helping
wherever they are
needed." The crew
was later sent to
B l u e R i d g e
Energy's Sparta,
NC office, aligning
with "Cooperation
among Cooperatives," one of the seven
Cooperative Principles that NOVEC follows.
At Blue Ridge Energy, an estimated 6,800
miles of the co-op's 8,500 miles of line
were damaged, and the number
of broken poles grew as workers
conducted aerial assessments
flying over impassable roads.
"We do know there are parts of
our system that will take weeks
to repair or rebuild," said Renee
Walker, Blue Ridge Energy director
of public relations. "In many cases,
there is no road--not even dirt--
where there once was one, and
our poles are down mountainsides
or in the river in some cases." As
of September 30, more than
34,000 members were still without power.
"Many of our employees have also lost
power," she added. "Everyone, however,
is working tirelessly and in good spirits--
the cooperative spirit!"
On a national scale, AccuWeather put
total damage and economic loss from
Hurricane Helene at $145 billion$160
billion, making it one of the costliest storms
on record. The service attributed the
growing tally to catastrophic flooding in
the southern Appalachians and storm
surge along coastal areas.
NOVEC Lineworkers Were
Deployed To Restore Power in
Hurricane-Ravaged Communities
Linemen to Powell valley: NOVEC's Chris Fasenmyer, Zach
Bell, Kyle Sarvis, Aaron Church, and Robbie Studds left
Northern Virginia on September 27 to help other electric
co-ops with power restoration after Hurricane Helene.
Powell valley 8 or Powell valley effort: NOVEC
lineworkers work with Powell Valley Electric
Cooperative in southwestern Virginia to repair
electric poles destroyed by Hurricane Helene.
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