Storms Cause Damage to LREC System Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s crews worked through the
night Tuesday, May 24 until the morning of Wednesday, May 25 to restore power to members after severe thunderstorms and possible tornado swept through Muskogee, Wagoner, and Cherokee Counties. These storms caused damage near Haskell, Porter, Wagoner, and Taylor Ferry, as well as, Long Bay Marina on the west side of Ft. Gibson Lake, knocking out power to approximately 4,300 members. By 8 a.m. Wednesday, crews had restored power to all but 283 members and crews continued to work to repair isolated outages. The outages dropped to 76 members by mid-afternoon Wednesday the 25. LREC called one contract crew, Davis Powerline Construc- tion, after the storm passed to begin repairing the damage to Long Bay. Long Bay was the hardest hit area of our system where numerous trees and electric lines were knocked down with 18 poles broken.
Isolated outages were reported throughout the LREC service area with pockets of damage in Cherokee County scattered in Peggs, Lowrey and areas surrounding State Highway 10. Flooding issues hampered restoration around State Highway 10. LREC realized numerous members had been affected by these severe storms and many had experienced damage to their homes and property. LREC crews quickly responded to the af- fected areas to restore power to the members.
During severe storms like the one on May 24, LREC urges members not to go near any downed power lines, trees, or veg- etation in contact with power lines. These lines may be ener- gized and contact could lead to severe injury or death. Report any downed lines to LREC. To report outages or downed lines, call 1-800-364-LREC or 918-772-2526. Provide your name and the name on the account, map location number or account number and the telephone number where you can be reached. LREC offers the latest
Davis Powerline Construction repairing damage to utilty poles in the Long Bay Marina.
Raise the temperature a little; save a lot outage information during severe storms by visiting
LREC’s Outage Web Map at
www.lrecok.coop.
The U.S. Department of Energy says you can save 10 percent a year on your heating and cooling bills by simply setting your ther- mostat 10 degrees higher in summer or lower in winter, for eight hours. You can do this au- tomatically without sacrificing comfort by installing a programmable thermostat. Cranking your thermostat way up when- ever you leave the house will not necessarily reduce your air conditioning bill here is what does not work:
1. Changing the thermostat setting for
short periods several times a day. If you will be gone for less than six hours, leave your
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thermostat where it is. 2. Lowering the thermostat to 60 degrees
when you get home to kick the A/C into high gear and cool the home quicker. This does not cool your home off any faster, but it will use more energy than if you set the thermostat to a reasonable temperature. Your best bet: Set it and forget it. If you re-
place your old thermostat with a programmable model, you can set various schedules for work and sleep on weekdays and weekends and let the thermostat “remember” when to change for the most efficient, and comfortable results.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Touchstone Energy photo
Photos by: Larry Mattes
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