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How Winds Impact the Grid
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Powerful winds can topple trees onto poles and power lines, leading to the potential for power outages.

REC STORIES

Power Restoration Complete After Wind Storm Riley

Thursday | March 8, 2018
REC crews completed the weeklong, tedious task of restoring outages caused by the 36-hour windstorm that thrashed REC's 22-county service territory.
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REC Continues Restoration Efforts

Tuesday | March 6, 2018
Crews continued to tackle devastating damage in REC's western territory today, replacing poles, setting transformers and rebuilding electric lines bat...
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REC Restores Service to 92% of Members Without Power

Tuesday | March 6, 2018
REC and an additional 200 mutual aid workers from Virginia and out-of-state electric co-ops have restored more than 92 percent of the outages caused b...
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