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SYSTEM RELIABILITY
SYSTEM RELIABILITY
Your cooperative has an extensive vegetation management program in place that includes the use of heavy-duty clearing and trimming equipment to remove large trees and growth that jeopardize power lines, paired with a herbicide application process to improve the aesthetics of the right of way. Through this program, crews cleared and trimmed 423 miles of right of way in 2019.
While we would prefer that you have electricity 100 percent of the time, outages are unfortunately something that all utilities experience at some point in time. We analyze our outage data each year in an effort to improve any areas we can by maintaining and upgrading equipment; however, there are some causes that are completely beyond our control. In those instances, our crews work diligently to safely restore power as quickly as possible.
In today’s world, so many aspects of our lives depend on electricity, which makes system reliability crucial to our members. We recognize that even the smallest of outages can have an impact on daily activities for all members, whether commercial, industrial, or residential. In 2019, our overall system reliability for the year was 99.971 percent.
NO LOST TIME
Your cooperative is committed to safety. We have a committee in place that is comprised of employees from various departments. We also have a safety director on staff whose job is to focus on safety by reviewing work practices and establishing safety programs to help educate and protect our employees and members. Our employees go through extensive training programs to ensure they know proper procedures to avoid accidents and injuries. As a result of this commitment, we achieved a safety milestone in 2019 by reaching five years with no lost time accidents.
SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
Your cooperative embarked on several large projects in 2019 to improve system reliability and plan for the future needs of our membership. Crews completed line upgrades in several areas of Montgomery County, including Cedar Pines, Flowers Road, Gibson/ Goodwin Road, and Turkey Creek. Upgrades were also completed in the Farmville Road area of Macon County.
Our Pintala substation was rebuilt in late 2018, and energized in early January 2019. We also rebuilt our Halstead substation which was
energized in December 2019.
