Repair work continues
02/08/2010
Cotton Electric Cooperative crews continued work this weekend to restore power to an additional 1,300 members on Sunday. When crews completed work late Sunday, the total number of outages was 500.
Line construction crews continue working to rebuild lines throughout the service territory. District maintenance crews are focusing on repairs like replacing transformers and splicing line to get power back to the individuals who are still without service.
The cooperative hopes to restore power to the remaining residential members by Thursday, February 11. There are over 5,000 miles of line in the Cotton Electric service territory with an average of 4.27 meters per mile of line. When the damage is widespread as experienced with the recent ice storm, it can take several days to restore power to a small number of customers.
The majority of the current outages are located in the Sterling, Marlow, Rush Springs, Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth areas.
Service Area
Estimated Restoration Date
Marlow
Monday, February 8
NE of Pumpkin Center
Monday, February 8
Lake Ellsworth area
Sunday, February 7
Medicine Park outlying areas
Monday, February 8
Rush Springs
Monday, February 8
N. Sterling
Tuesday, February 9
Crews will continue to work extended hours from dawn to dark until power is
restored.
