Tennessee co-ops assist with Hurricane Sally recovery

NASHVILLE – Sixty-eight volunteer lineworkers from seven electric co-ops across Tennessee are heading to Alabama to assist with Hurricane Sally recovery efforts.

The Category 2 hurricane brought strong wind, significant rainfall and widespread power outages to the Alabama Gulf Coast. Tennessee co-ops are assisting with efforts to reconstruct the severely damaged electric infrastructure in the region.

The Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association in Nashville coordinates requests for mutual aid and makes travel and lodging arrangements for crews who respond.

Assisting Baldwin Electric Membership Corporation in Summerdale, Alabama, are:

• Seven lineworkers from Chickasaw Electric Cooperative in Somerville
• Five from Ft. Loudoun Electric Cooperative in Vonore
• Five from Mountain Electric Cooperative in Mountain City
• 21 from Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation in Murfreesboro
• Five from Pickwick Electric Cooperative in Selmer
• 13 from Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation in Carthage
• 12 from Volunteer Energy Cooperative in Decatur