News Maker Casey Hollins of REC on cutting winter energy costs
Scott Bradley speaks with the Newsmaker Casey Hollins of the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative about how to save money on your electric bill as the temperatures drop.
She provides a few tips like removing window a/c units and checking for gaps in windows.
Casey also shares the resources REC members can contact if they fall behind on payments during this difficult economy.
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News Maker Casey Hollins of REC on cutting winter energy costs
Scott Bradley speaks with the Newsmaker Casey Hollins of the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative about how to save money on your electric bill as the temperatures drop.
She provides a few tips like removing window a/c units and checking for gaps in windows.
Casey also shares the resources REC members can contact if they fall behind on payments during this difficult economy.
For more news from across the Shenandoah Valley, click here.
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News Maker Casey Hollins REC and tree and vegetation maintenance
Recently we have experienced a number of power outages in several communities.
Often trees are the cause of the disruptions.
We spoke to Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s Managing Director of Communications and Public Relations Casey Hollins about the outages in our latest news maker.
News makers are sponsored by Warren County Together We are Community.
Casey explains how REC cuts back on both trees and outages.
She explains that the cooperative has regular maintenance with a whole division that works year around to cut back on branches and more.
Casey goes on to explain how we can help in the effort by both reporting possible trouble spots to avoiding future problems when planting.
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News Maker Casey Hollins of REC on home Solar Power
Have you ever considered Solar Power for your home?
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) has the pros and cons of home Solar Power.
We spoke to the Managing Director of Communications and Public Relations Casey Hollins about it in our latest news maker.
News makers are sponsored by Warren County Together We are Community.
Casey has the pros and cons of home Solar Power.
She does confirm that Solar Power isn’t for ever home and in fact is not suitable for every home.
Casey also tells us the best way to find if it is a good fit for your home and more.
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News Maker Casey Hollins on a cost reduction for REC members
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) has some exciting news in these days of higher cost for everything.
We spoke to REC’s Managing Director of Communications and Public Relations Casey Hollins about this thing that is rarely heard of in this day and age in our latest news maker.
News makers are sponsored by Warren County Together We are Community.
Casey tells us that a cost reduction is coming starting August 1 for REC Cooperative members.
She also tells us of other cost saving measures that are available that can be used now to reduce bills even further especially in the summer time.
Casey also tells us how important it is to be prepared for summer storms and the tools that help with that as well.
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News Maker Casey Hollins on tools to keep REC bills low
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) would like to help reduce high energy bills this summer.
We spoke with the Managing Director of Communications and Public Relations Casey Hollins in our latest news maker.
News makers are brought to you by Warren County Together We are Community.
Casey tells us of the tools that REC has available to help members of the Cooperative save at myrec.coop.
She also has a couple of tips on things you can do right now to save on those bills.
Casey also tells us what you can do to prepare for nasty weather and what you can do to stay informed during outages.
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REC continues to make progress in the full restoration of power
An email from Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) confirmed that approximately 6,000 members are now left without power as of Sun. evening Jan. 9.
That is great strides in progress from the 98,000 total outages reported at the peak of last Mon.’s Jan. 3 storm.
REC crews, contractors and a mutual aid army from 10 different states are working tirelessly through the elements and expect full restoration in the coming days.
The army of employees have worked to replace 520 broken power poles, transformers and have strung new wire.
Replacement of poles alone can take hours at a time according to the email.
Then making necessary repairs to equipment to find more damaged equipment as they progress is time consuming.
REC’s Managing Director of Communications and Public Relations Casey Hollins stresses that crews are making great strides each day in repairing the damage.
Hollins adds that members without power have not been forgotten and power is being restored as quickly as possible.
Pertinent information on restoration as well as warming stations for those in need is available at myrec.coop.
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REC increases its workforce to restore power to its members
In an email from Marketing Director Casey Hollins of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) power restoration continues after storm Frida.
Newly discovered damage, downed trees, road conditions along with dozens of broken poles have hampered the repair efforts.
REC has recruited a workforce of over 1,000 crew members some coming from as far away as Missouri and Florida to expedite repairs.
As many as 100 more are expected to join the workforce as well.
REC expects full restoration by the end of this weekend if not before.
In all over 90,000 cooperative members were without power at the peak of the storm according to the email.
REC’s website myrec.coop provides an outage map, a restoration timeline and a place to report an outage should you have one.
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News Maker Casey Hollins on REC and avoiding disconnection
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) is asking their 5,000 member owners who are behind on their bills to contact them as soon as possible.
In our latest News Maker segment we spoke with REC Managing Director of Communications and Public Relations Casey Hollins.
Casey tells us what members owners who are behind can do to avoid possible disconnection.
Casey also tells us about organizations that are able to help if circumstances are overwhelming for those who are behind.
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Here is Casey’s interview.
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