By Lori
Feb 16, 2021
Fredericksburg, Va. -Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s (REC) line crews, contractors, mutual-aid crews and other field personnel have restored more than 98% of the power outages caused by the ice storm late last week.
As of 9 a.m., under 600 outages remained, down from a high of more than 22,000 at the peak of the storm.
Last night’s heavy rain downed additional trees and limbs, adding more outages in the area of the original ice storm. As crews work today they will continue the tedious process of replacing broken poles, which they expect to find more of throughout the day.
UPDATE: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative says repair crews have restored more than 98 percent of the power outages caused by the ice storm this past weekend.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Ice and freezing rain from a winter storm moving through the mid-Atlantic region knocked down trees and power lines and left tens of thousands of people without power.
REC Seeks Partners for Expanded Broadband Services
Fredericksburg, Va. – Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) knows how important increasing access to retail broadband service is to its member-owners. The Cooperative continues to actively seek partnerships to utilize its infrastructure and rights-of-way to expand broadband internet service in its 22-county service area.
As REC moves closer to establishing some of the first partnerships, the Cooperative also faced a major setback to its plans towards the end of 2020. In October, REC’s Board of Directors approved a $600 million broadband construction project that would also allow REC, through an affiliated company, to become a retail broadband service provider. Funding for the approved project was dependent on REC’s previously announced participation in the Federal Communications Commission Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.