Energy cooperatives respond to ice and outages in the Triad
Many people in the Piedmont Triad rely on energy cooperatives for power. They laid out their plan for the ice storm.
Author: Maddie Gardner
Updated: 7:18 PM EST February 18, 2021
RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Two and a half million North Carolinians rely on energy cooperatives for power. That includes many people in the Piedmont Triad.
Randolph EMC has a plan in place for this storm - including bringing crews home who left to respond to Saturday's ice event.
"We do have additional crews that we've brought in to assist our crews and so everyone's on standby just waiting to see how the day plays out," CEO Dale Lambert said. "We've been very fortunate so far we had a gap in the rain front as it moves through so we had less precipitation than we thought we were going to have so we've been very blessed so far."