While Laurens Electric continues to monitor and prepare, co-ops in the low-country are already experiencing power outages. A slow-motion movie plays on the electric cooperatives’ outage map, as predictions turn to reality and Hurricane Florence tracks inland, back down the coast and inland again. Power outages will follow. The counties will turn from green, with the…

The predicted slow movement of Hurricane Florence across South Carolina could delay the beginning of repairs, and that could mean extended power outages. Line crews cannot begin repair work until it is safe to work outside. “If this thing slow-walks across the state, the first consumers to lose power could be off for an extra…

At least 500 lineworkers have arrived in South Carolina or are on their way to assist electric cooperatives whose members may lose power during Hurricane Florence. Another 250 lineworkers from surrounding states are on standby. Electric cooperatives’ power distribution system—at 75,000 miles of line, more than all other utilities in the state combined—is spread over…

Laurens Electric Cooperative is actively monitoring Hurricane Florence. As of Monday, most storm prediction models show South Carolina as being in the cone of uncertainty. However, as with Hurricane Irma this time last year, even if Florence does not make a direct hit on our state, heavy rainfall and high wind can cause outages. As…