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The list is getting shorter. We're down to a single sheet of paper that lists our remaining outages this morning. This single page covers the 56 remaining outage tickets that represent 750 members (650 as of 11:30AM) left without power. ALL crews are continuing to work, no crews have been released. We began restoration on February 16, after the second ice storm, with over 7700 members out of service and 384 outages according to our OMS (Outage Management System). You can see why the linemen are excited to receive a single page this morning and hoping to get this wrapped up. They want to get back to their families and normal lives just like we all want for our members as well. We hope to see that happen for the majority of members by Friday evening, with possibly some remaining over the weekend.![]()
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Besides the broken poles, many of the remaining outages are services that sustained damage to the meter service entrance, torn from the sides of homes or broken meter service poles. We are doing our best to contact all of these members in case they are not aware or for some reason have not discovered for themselves. We’ll do out best to return to these locations when they have been replaced or repaired. Our outage answering service may be telling members in error that there will be a $75.00 service charge to return after homeowner’s have made repairs. Please disregard, there is no charge to return after homeowner repairs required due to the storm. BREC cannot reconnect power to member’s accounts where there is damage to the meter poles and service entrance on the side of the home or building. members must have this damage repaired before power can be restored. This would likely be covered under your homeowner’s insurance. Thank you for your continued patience.
Only 765 more outages to restore! We can't wait for our members to have this burden lifted. We can't wait for our crews to spend some much needed time with their families!![]()
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Hang in there with us a little longer. We are hoping to have everyone back up and running by the weekend.
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