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Utility director recounts staff mobilization and operations during blizzard
Summary
A utility director described how about 33 employees sheltered onsite, crews rotated through outage responses, and substation yards were kept clear during a major blizzard; he credited cold temperatures and recent infrastructure work for limiting outages and thanked the board for continued investment.
A utility director recounted the utility's response to a major blizzard, saying staff were activated after forecasts jumped from 3–5 inches to as much as 18–24 inches and roughly 33 employees reported Sunday evening to begin overnight operations.
The director said crews bunked onsite — with linemen and managers sleeping on air mattresses in conference rooms and offices — because a travel ban kept staff at work until roads were safe. "Once you're here, you're pretty much stuck here until the roads are passable," the director said.
He described how the utility rotated crews as outage calls arrived, and how the meter department…
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