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  Aiken Electric Cooperative sends assistance to help restore power in Louisiana web posted August 31, 2012 EDGEFIELD – As Hurricane Issac continues to batter the Gulf Coast, lineman from Aiken Electric Cooperative are on their way to Louisiana to help repair widespread damage being caused by the storm. “We are part of a consumer-owned electric cooperative network of over 700 nationwide. When our cooperative neighbors need help, we respond,” said Gary Stooksbury, Aiken Electric Cooperative CEO. “They’re facing a very difficult situation in Louisiana,” says Todd Carter, vice president of Loss, Control and Training at The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina. “With the ground being saturated by so much rainfall, it doesn’t take much wind to bring down trees and power lines.” As of Wednesday morning, news reports claimed more than 545,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana, with more outages expected. In addition to personnel from Aiken Electric Cooperative’s three district offices, employees from Newberry Electric Cooperative in Newberry and Fairfield Electric Cooperative in Blythewood will be assisting Washington-St. Tammany Electric Cooperative based in Franklinton, Louisiana. Because of the slow-moving nature of the storm, restoration efforts likely started this morning. Aiken Electric, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, is a customer-owned, nonprofit electric utility currently serving more than 45,000 customers in a nine county area in South Carolina. © Copyright 2012 All material is property of
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