Columbia-based Boone Electric says 75 percent of power has now been restored in hurricane-damaged Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A ten-member Boone Electric crew continues to restore power this morning in Louisiana. Boone Electric spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes says Baton Rouge’s DEMCO Electric co-op still has several hundred broken poles and 15,000 miles of out-of-service line. Boone Electric …
Mid-Missouri electric cooperative sends ten-member crew to Baton Rouge, after Ida
Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative is sending ten crew members to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to help crews there restore power after devastating Hurricane Ida. More than one million people are currently without power in Louisiana. Boone Electric has sent eight linemen and a two-man right-of-way crew. Boone Electric says Baton Rouge has been hit hard by …