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Southeastern Electric Wrapping Up Outside Work

Southeastern Electric Wrapping Up Outside Work

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Outside crews for Southeastern Electric are rushing to get their work done before winter weather hits the region.
Southeastern Manager Brad Schardin (shar-deen) says they have had a busy year…..

Southeastern, based in Marion, was formed by the consolidation of several smaller cooperatives. Schardin says they decided to keep warehouses and crews in several locations across their service area……

Schardin says they can respond more quickly to weather related outages….

The cooperative has been moving a number of their major transmission lines underground over the past few years.

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