Huntsville Utilities, TVA overcame long odds to restore power in wake of April ...
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"That meant the TVA system was being hit and it was automatically conniving another route," said Wright, the local utility's electric department manager. The utility estimates the storms costs were in overkill debauchery of $5 million. 5 million, and the local utility will ultimately be repaid for 75 percent of that damage reckon, about $3. Last year's devastating storms claimed lives and homes and also created the largest problem the Tennessee Valley Judge's electrical transmission system had ever faced, said Tracy Flippo, TVA's vice president for transmission, operations and... While it seemed a fancy five days without power at the time, getting power restored within five or so days given the depth of destruction now seems astounding. The storms damaged or destroyed 350 TVA transmission structures - including numerous massive towers - progressive 109 major transmission lines out of service and 641,000 people in North Alabama and Mississippi without power. Buying power from other sources to produce sufficient electricity while the system was largely down cost TVA $100 million, Flippo said. The recovery effort, repairing or replacing tons of paraphernalia in its transmission system, cost TVA $39 million, Flippo said. HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Steve Wright remembers being in the Huntsville Utilities operations center a year ago, and the lights flickering with showy bangs from the storms. "We've never had our whole system down before," said Huntsville Utilities spokesman Bill Yell.
Source: al.com (blog)