Pennyrile Electric is heading out to assist our neighbors in Tennessee, as Hurricane Helene crashed inland, bringing with it historic flooding and stormy weather.
According to a news release, two Pennyrile Electric crews that include nine line technicians, are heading to east Tennessee to help out Holston Electric Cooperative. Holston services around 30,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers near Kingsport, Tennessee. The crews will help them restore power after over half of their members lost power after the remnants passed through.
In May, Holston crews assisted Pennyrile Electric in restoring outages due to the major
storms experienced in western Kentucky.
Pennyrile Electric VP of Operations, Mike Stokes, says, “We were very fortunate to have mutual aid like the Holston crews earlier this year to help us, and are always glad when we can return the gesture to a fellow cooperative.”