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ST. LOUIS, MO The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Missouri state experienced 4.25 hours without power in 2019 0.45 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
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By Editor | February 16, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Steve Elsea, manager of member services for Citizens Electric Corporation (CEC), updated Ste. Genevieve County commissioners on the planned 69,000-volt transmission line that would run 19 miles, through the northern and western part of the county at last Thursday’s commission meeting.
The line and supporting towers will be put up by Wabash Valley Power Alliance, the wholesale electricity provider that supplies CEC.
The proposed project had ignited some opposition last year, when Wabash Valley hired ORC Associates from St. Charles to try to get landowners along the projected path of the project to sign easements. The firm was accused of using “strong-arm” tactics and making implied threats to get paperwork signed.
By Editor | December 23, 2020
Citizens Electric Corporation replaced utility poles in the parking lot between Merchant, Market and Third Streets last Thursday, causing a number of residences and businesses to do without power for about five hours.
(Photo by MARK EVANS/Herald staff)
By Editor | December 23, 2020
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
St. Mary is the proud owner of two free pieces of surplus equipment and several nicely-decorated homes.
During last Thursday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting, Clem Donze of the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the chamber’s Christmas decorating contest, while Mayor Carl Wyatt praised police chief Adam Bequette for obtaining a free dump truck and tractor for the city through a U.S. Defense Department surplus property program.
With the city struggling financially, Bequest’s grant-writing and knack of finding free items available for picking up from various programs has come in handy.