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SD Rural Electric Cooperatives Recovering from May Snow

SD Rural Electric Cooperatives Recovering from May Snow

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The heavy snow on May first caused a lot of damage to rural electric cooperatives in southeast South Dakota.
Bob Ulmer is Operations Manager for B-Y Electric based in Tabor……

Ulmer says it will take a while to make permanent repairs…

Ulmer says they had some outside help to restore service after the snow……https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/bob-ulmer-516c

Ulmer says they will need to bring in outside contractors to help make the repairs.

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