Ouachita Electric Coop dispatches line crews for Ida relief

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Ouachita Electric linemen dispatched linemen Al Ferguson, Chris Sims, Eric McGee and Justin Horstkamp have been dispatched to assist South Louisiana Electric Cooperative (SLECA) of Houma, La., in restoring power outages that were caused by Hurricane Ida.
Courtesy Photo Ouachita Electric linemen dispatched linemen Al Ferguson, Chris Sims, Eric McGee and Justin Horstkamp have been dispatched to assist South Louisiana Electric Cooperative (SLECA) of Houma, La., in restoring power outages that were caused by Hurricane Ida.

Ouachita Electric Cooperative has dispatched linemed Al Ferguson, Chris Sims, Eric McGee and Justin Horstkamp to assist South Louisiana Electric Cooperative (SLECA) of Houma, La., in restoring power outages that were caused by Hurricane Ida.

The Ouachita Electric crew will join more than 1,100 linemen that have restored service to about 70% of SLECA's 22,000 members. The restoration process at SLECA has been ongoing since Sept. 1.

The Ouachita crews will work with crews from Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative of Ozark, Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI) of Little Rock, C&L Electric Cooperative of Star City, Carroll Electric Cooperative of Berryville, Clay County Electric Cooperative of Corning, Craighead Electric Cooperative of Jonesboro, North Arkansas Electric Cooperative of Salem, Ozarks Electric Cooperative of Fayetteville, Petit Jean Electric Cooperative of Clinton, South Central Arkansas Electric of Arkadelphia, Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative of Texarkana and Woodruff Electric Cooperative of Forrest City.

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas comprise 17 electric distribution cooperatives; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based cooperative that provides services to the distribution cooperatives; and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC), a generation and transmission cooperative. The distribution cooperatives provide electricity to approximately 600,000 homes, farms and businesses in Arkansas and surrounding states.

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