What are Sam Houston Electric Cooperatives priorities for service restoration?
A. First, Sam Houston EC will work around the clock until service is restored. Safety of personnel and the public will remain our highest priority. The priorities are: · Assessing the overall system and repairing power plants, major lines and substations that carry power from plants to communities. · Restoring power to key services essential to community safety, health and welfare – such as hospitals, police, fire, communications and water, sanitary and transportation providers. · Making repairs to electrical facilities that will return service to the largest number of Members in the shortest period of time, then the next largest number and so on until power is returned to everyone Members should call 1-800-458-0381 to report an outage. Sam Houston Electric Cooperative will provide service restoration updates to local newspapers, radio, and television to keep everyone informed of our progress. Please do not interrupt crews who are working to restore power, as doing so can create a dang
