Less than 100 remain without power Tuesday evening Laurens Electric line crews worked throughout the day bringing the number of outages to less than 100 as of 5:00 p.m. The remaining outages are “single calls,” meaning each problem resolved in the field equates to an individual or a handful of members getting power back. That…
Laurens Electric Cooperative is actively monitoring Hurricane Irma. Some storm prediction models forecast the hurricane potentially moving north up the coast line after it hits Florida. If the storm turns north, LEC will start to make preparations for potential outages. Employees are currently checking inventory to make sure there is plenty of equipment on hand….
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s August recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is Jim Long from the Technical Services Department. Jim paid forward $500 to Children’s Hospital of Greenville Health System during their 2017 Radiothon. Jim said, “If it weren’t for the Children’s Hospital, especially the staff in the NICU, I wouldn’t have 3 children today.”…
