Corn Belt Energy: Winter storm outages have been restored

 

[January 09, 2021] 

Friday, January 8, 2021 — Crews have restored power to all members in the Corn Belt Energy service territory after a winter weather caused outages over the past week.

“The heavy ice and snow caused extensive damage within Corn Belt Energy’s service territory over the course of several days including many broken poles, broken cross arms, a large num­­ber of downed power lines, and extensive tree damage.”, said Don Taylor, President & CEO.

Corn Belt Energy thanks our members for their patience, the public for their kindness and generosity, and the media for helping us keep our members and the public updated on our progress.

“Once again, we are reminded of how blessed we are to be part of the cooperative family. We are grateful to have the assistance of Clinton County Electric Cooperative, Coles-Moultrie Electric Cooperative, EnerStar Electric Cooperative, MJM Electric Cooperative, Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative, and Shelby Electric Cooperative.”, remarked Taylor.

We urge members to contact us at 1-800-879-0339 to report power outages, partial power, and downed lines or poles. We want to remind everyone to be safe around electricity. Do not go near any downed power lines, downed poles, or trees near lines.

[Hillary Cherry]