An Ongoing Commitment to Reliable Power

Perfect Power

We focus on delivering reliable service to our members. We have a resilient energy grid, and we’re working every day to improve and maintain our infrastructure to provide perfect power. That means you experience fewer interruptions, and should the power go out, we get the lights back on as quickly as possible. How we’re working to get there:

• Drone pilot program: We leverage new drone technology to monitor the health of our poles and grid.

• Right-of-way maintenance: We trim approximately 400 miles of line in the right-of-way annually. This keeps branches off our power lines resulting in fewer interruptions.

Safety In The Storm

Maintaining a resilient power grid means planning for the unpredictable. Beyond maintaining our lines, we review our disaster response plan annually to ensure should the worst happen, we’re ready to mobilize and restore power.

When Winter Storm Elliot struck our territory, our crews went straight to work in frigid temperatures restoring power to 4,800 members impacted by high winds and record cold temperatures. Our year-round efforts to maintain our infrastructure resulted in minimal damage and faster restoration times.

Resilient Into The Future

We recognize that the future stability of the power grid is important to our members. We want to assure you that maintaining and enhancing the security of the electric grid is a top priority for us and the entire electric industry. In addition, we’re working to prevent outages and protect the reliability of our system from natural and man-made threats.

Keeping You Informed

Our hope is that you have power whenever you need it, and if you do lose power, you can count on us to keep you informed.

This year, we worked hard to enhance our outage notification tools. Text “register” to 898-362 to enroll in outage text alerts, and visit cobbemc.com/OutageAlerts to enroll in email and voice notifications.

Reliability is more than just our job. It’s our purpose. Building and maintaining a resilient grid that our members can count on is our number one focus. If an outage occurs, you can count on us to respond, restore and keep you updated.

*According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 2023 benchmark year study results.