Platte-Clay Electric Lineworkers Deploy to Assist with Hurricane Laura Recovery in Louisiana
Kearney, Mo — A crew of four Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative lineworkers has been deployed to southwestern Louisiana to assist with Hurricane Laura recovery efforts. The co-op employees will be assisting with power restoration for Beauregard Electric Cooperative, which faced over 40,000 outages after the hurricane made landfall.
The deployment is part of a coordinated effort through the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives to provide assistance to cooperatives who are impacted by natural disasters. Over 100 linemen from across Missouri are being sent to assist.
“Our fellow electric cooperatives in the path of Hurricane Laura have faced tremendous devastation with thousands of households expected to be without power for weeks,” said Dave Deihl, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative CEO. “We’re proud of our employees who are making the sacrifice of missing time with their friends and families to lend a hand to those in need.”
Extra COVID-19 precautions have been put in place for the trip, including the construction of a tent city designed for better social distancing. Special air filters have also been installed on HVAC equipment.
Platte-Clay last mobilized mutual aid crews in response to damage done by Hurricane Michael in Florida in 2018 and has been the recipient of mutual aid in the past as part of tornado and ice storm recovery efforts.
About Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative
Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative (PCEC) serves more than 24,000 accounts and nearly 3,000 miles of energized line in Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte, and Ray Counties in Kansas City’s Northland Region. PCEC was established in 1938 as part of the Rural Electrification Act, and today PCEC is among the fastest-growing cooperatives in the state of Missouri.
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