MLEC Crews Respond to Hurricane Helene
Seven Linemen provide mutual aid to South Carolina and Tennessee
(October 1, 2024– Centerville, TN) — Two crews of MLEC lineworkers have volunteered to join the power restoration efforts in South Carolina and Tennessee after Hurricane Helene left thousands without power. A five-man crew (pictured below) joined Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative which had more than 60,000 members without power in South Carolina. Humphreys County Journey Lineworker Barry Wilson and Lewis County Journey Lineworker Timmy Boyd (not pictured) traveled to Holston Electric Cooperative to assist in recovery efforts in Tennessee.
Pictured above from left to right: Hickman County Journey Lineworker Nick Edwards, Lewis County Journey Lineworker Blake Johnston, Houston County Journey Lineworker Daniel Johnson, Perry County Journey Lineworker David Qualls and Humphreys County Journey Lineworker Karl Reynen.
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