GreyStone Linemen Assist Virginia Co-op

GreyStone Power Corporation sent three two-man crews to Fredericksburg, Virginia on March 5 to assist with storm restoration efforts.

After hearing reports of wet, heavy snow in the forecast, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) in Fredericksburg reached out to other power providers for help. Along with assistance from Georgia came help from linemen in Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, more than doubling REC’s workforce.

The snow began falling on Tuesday evening, bringing six inches to Fredericksburg. On Wednesday, REC had more than 51,000 outages, or about 32 percent of the co-op’s more than 157,000 connections. Some of REC’s members, who are located in portions of 22 Virginia counties, face the prospect of being without power for several days. Much of REC’s service area is rural and difficult to access under normal conditions.

The GreyStone crews who volunteered to help their fellow linemen included Matt Orr, Josh Kirby, Byron Jones, Matt Ingram, Josh Jones and Andre Reed.

GreyStone is posting updates of the restoration efforts on the co-op’s Facebook page, and REC has pictures of storm damage on their Facebook page as well as website, www.myrec.coop.

GreyStone Power serves more than 104,500 members in portions of eight counties, including Paulding, Douglas, Fulton, Cobb, Carroll, Bartow, Fayette and Coweta counties. Learn more at www.greystonepower.com.