Early Monday morning, 608 members served by the West Plains substation and 391 members served by the substation on JJ Highway were out of power for just over 2 hours. Reports were made and crews dispatched around 5:30 a.m.
The extreme cold weather caused the lines to shrink and the tension on the lines pulled the wire out of the conductors, and even breaking it just outside the JJ Highway substation.
Because of the time of the outage, crews were called in from home and responded accordingly.
All members power was back on as of 7:55 a.m. “We understand the temperatures are dangerously cold and we don’t want anyone to be without power,” said General Manager Dan Singletary. “Thank you to the linemen who responded and worked in the cold to get our members power back on.”
Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative (HOEC), headquartered in West Plains, Missouri, delivers cost-efficient, reliable electricity to approximately 25,000 meters in south-central Missouri across six counties: Douglas, Ozark, Texas, Shannon, Howell and Oregon. That equates to 4,932 miles of line. More information about HOEC can be found at www.hoecoop.org.
