Hurricane Ike Information
Information and press releases will be posted as we receive them.
9/21/08 - East Texas Outage Summary
9/20/08 - Electric Cooperatives of East Texas - Outages by County
9/20/08 - ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES REPORT METERS RESTORED, DISCUSS LESSONS LEARNED
9/19/08 - Electric Cooperatives of East Texas - Outages by County
9/18/08- ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES SHOW GREAT PROGRESS AFTER IKE
9/18/08 4:50pm - Texas Outage Recovery
9/17/08 News Release - ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES ARE HARD AT WORK ON OUTAGES
9/17/08 4:45pm - Texas Outage Recovery
9/16/08 News Release: MORE COOPERATIVES RUSH TO ASSIST EAST TEXAS COLLEAGUES
9/15/08 News Release: EAST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OVERCOME OBSTACLES AFTER HURRICANE IKE
9/14/08 News Release: EAST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES RESTORING SERVICE AFTER HURRICANE IKE
News Release: ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PREPARE FOR LENGTHY POWER RESTORATION
The Steps to Restoring Power
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative
- 9/18/08 - Service Restored
- 9-17-08 3:15pm - Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative reported Wednesday afternoon, September 17, that its system had only 650 outages. We expect to have them on line by the end of the day, said Barron Christensen, manager of the cooperative.
Most volunteer crews from other cooperatives that had been working at Bowie-Cass EC were reassigned to work at Houston County and Upshur-Rural.
The Wood County crew was remaining in the Bowie Cass service territory through Thursday to assist with electric service.
Cherokee County Electric Cooperative
Deep East Electric Cooperative
Houston County Electric Cooperative
Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative
Mid-South Synergy Electric Cooperative
Nueces Electric Cooperative
- 9/13/08 9:00am - Nueces Electric Cooperative members experienced no power interruptions due to Hurricane Ike, a level two hurricane that made landfall this morning, September 13th, at 2:10 am over Galveston. Nueces Electric Cooperative activated its emergency response plan for the tropical cyclone this past Tuesday. NEC continues to monitor the storm, although, again, NO IMPACT has been reported to NEC’s service area.
- Hurricane Ike Bulletin 9/11/08
Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
- 9/18/08 - Service Restored
Rusk County Electric Cooperative
- 9/20/08 9:30am - Almost 19,000 restored services and approximately 2,700 miles of repaired and re-energized power lines. 300 meters remain without power, and work will continue until all meters have been restored.
Crews remain steadfast on their goal to restore every service available to receive power.
- 9/19/08 - Stories From the Front Lines
- 9/19/08 3:00pm - Power restored to over 18,000 meters. We have re-energized over 2,500 miles of line in 6 days and are repairing and energizing 400 miles of line per day. There are still have approximately 1200 meters still without power.
- 9/18/08 - 2,000 outages at 3:30pm
- 9/17/08 6:00pm - 4,275 outages
- 9/16/08 3:00pm - 9,000 outages
- Bulletin 9/16/08
- Bulletin 9/14/08 7:00pm
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative
- Storm Website
- 9/21/08 8:00pm
- 9/20/08 10:00am - As of 9 a.m., 61.8% of Sam Houston Electric Cooperative's electrical distribution system has been restored.
Hurricane Ike Briefing with Governor Rick Perry
- 9/18/08 7:00pm Release
- 9/18/08 1:50pm - On the Scene
- 9/17/08 - Sam Houston Electric Cooperative has restored power to more than 15,000 of its 66,000 meters.
With the aid of nearly 3000 crewmembers from around the United States, close to 23% of Sam Houston EC's
distribution system has been energized.
Click here for the latest county reports: http://www.samhouston.net/storm_central/files/Ike_Outage_20080917_pm.pdf
- 9/17/08 - Sam Houston EC Reports Progress in Angelina Ccounty
- 9/17/08 7:30am - On the Scene at Sam Houston EC
- 9/16/08 10:50am - On the Scene at Sam Houston EC
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9/15/08, 11 a.m.—As of 10:30 a.m. Monday, significant progress has been made in removing trees and rebuilding power lines. More than 1,000 additional personnel are in the field today assisting with the effort. By Tuesday, the total workforce will include 2,500. The Entergy Texas transmission grid, which delivers electricity to Sam Houston EC's distribution system, was severely damaged as well. As Sam Houston EC works to clear trees and repair distribution lines, Entergy is doing the same on their transmission system. At this time, 99 percent of Sam Houston EC's members are without power. Progress is steady. However, some severely damaged areas could be without power for three weeks.
Sam Houston EC members who were affected by Hurricane Rita in 2005 may recall that the cooperative began providing county-by-county status reports after power began coming back on toward the end of the first week. As transmission and distribution line repairs are completed and substations are re-energized, we will provide similar reporting throughout Hurricane Ike restoration efforts.
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Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative
- 9/18/08 - Service Restored
Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative
Victoria Electric Cooperative
Wood County Electric Cooperative
- Sept. 13, 2008, 4:00 p.m.Total of nearly 650 outages, 100 in Franklin County, 300 in Smith County and 250 in Wood County.
Wood County Electric Cooperative
- 9/18/08 - Service Restored
Additional Hurricane Resources
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