Visit us on the Internet at:
www.vvec.com JULY 2015
Published for the members of Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative A Supplement of Oklahoma Living.
May Thunderstorm Damage
By Randy Riddle, Manager of Operations & Technical Services During the late night hours of
Saturday, May 16th, a thunder- storm moved through the VVEC service area that not only caused power outages to our customers, but also caused a phone outage for VVEC. Somewhere around the 11:30 PM time frame, we lost our phone service from our service provider. This was restored around 1:00 AM, only to have it knocked out again within minutes when lightning struck nearby, damaging our in-house phone system. This second problem was not discovered by our dis- patchers for a few hours, since many of the members were using the web and their smart phone apps to report the outages. The in-house phones were restored only to find the link between VVEC and its after-hours dis- patchers was also damaged. We had to call in VVEC employees and answer the phones at our offices until the parts were deliv- ered to make the repairs and get the system operating normally. We would like to remind all our members that during high call volume times it is very easy to re- port your power outage through your smart phone with the Sm- artHub app. Download the app through the App Store for iOS
devices or Google Play for An- droid devices. Once you set up your account, you are ready to manage your account. You
may also log into your account through
www.vvec.com on a battery powered laptop or tablet during a power outage.
Bill Gillespie Presents Electrical Safety to Washington County 5th and 6th Graders
On May 12th and 13th, Progressive Agriculture Safety Days was held at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Dewey, OK. Altogether there were 10 organizations participating. Approxi- mately 620 Washington County stu- dents in grades five and six attended the event. Bill Gillespie represented VVEC by giving an Electrical Safety les- son. He presented 9 sessions daily to the 5th and 6th graders.
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