“Restoring power in this area is going to be a monumental effort,” -Tim Clay, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association vice president of operations. Forty-five crew members from 15 Wisconsin electric cooperatives, including three from Eau Claire Energy Cooperative, left for South Carolina yesterday to assist with storm recovery after Hurricane Helene left catastrophic damage. Crews gathered at Rock Energy Cooperative in Janesville before making the trek to Aiken Electric Cooperative in Aiken, South Carolina. While power outages across the southeast in Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina topped 800,000, that’s not the whole story. This storm not only caused damage
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