Leaders with Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) say a third-party app developed to help customers manage their accounts is showing meter usage despite thousands of customers still without power.
Crews race to restore power ahead of more icy weather
Crews race to restore power ahead of more icy weather By Karina Bolster | February 16, 2021 at 5:44 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 6:53 AM
NOTTOWAY Co., Va. (WWBT) - While Dominion Energy and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative have seen expedited success in restoring power, efforts are proving a bit more challenging in rural areas of Virginia.
Leaders with Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) said roughly 50% of its customers were still without power as of Tuesday afternoon.
While slow and steady may win the race, the race must pick up now that more icy weather is headed this way.
More than 28,000 Southside Electric Cooperative customers were without power as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Dinwiddie accounting for 5,400 outages, the most of any locality.
More than 120,000 Dominion Energy customers remain without power in Central Virginia as of 2 p.m. Sunday, and hundreds of thousands are without power statewide.
With most of Dinwiddie in the dark, county leaders want answers from Southside Electric co-op
County leaders are concerned about the lack of communication from with Southside Electric, the co-op that services much of the county.
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DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. Leaders in Dinwiddie County are concerned with the lack of communication from Southside Electric. The co-op provides electricity to much of the county. And much of the country remains without power following the weekend ice storm. This winter storm has probably been the most devastating winter emergency we ve ever had in my tenure here in the county, Kevin Massengill, Dinwiddie County Administrator, said.