The days are getting cooler. And so are the nights, based on the frost on car windows in the morning. And harvest season is moving along. The seasons are changing rapidly.
Fall also brings a transition for Midwest. Gone are the hot summer days and the irrigation load that they bring to our area. Our crews keep busy all summer making sure all our irrigation services are ready when needed. Those activities along with the peak loading during that time of the year mean other aspects of Midwest’s operations get pushed to the non-irrigation months. And now, that different season is upon us.
During the fall and winter months, we are able to do some bigger line rebuild projects that we can’t do during the summer months when we are heavily loaded. Our Construction crew is now working to rebuild a couple stretches of line that have deteriorated with age. We try to do as much of our line-building as we can ourselves, and our Construction crew does a great job of that. However, we don’t have the correct equipment to handle the heaviest wire required to support our summer load, so we occasionally hire an outside contractor to rebuild those lines. That is the case again this year as we have several miles of heavy conductor rebuild that will be rebuilt by Premier Power out of Grand Island over the next couple of months.
Our Maintenance crews also shift gears when Fall arrives. They have begun performing our annual line inspections where we actively inspect lines and equipment all around our service territory looking for any problems that might be developing. We also systematically inspect and maintain all the substation and line breakers on our system to ensure they are in proper working order.
All part of safely providing reliable power and high-quality service to our members!
What Midwest can do for you:
We have several different ways to communicate information to you but perhaps you don’t know what all the options are. Did you know you can get email and text reminders when your bill due date is approaching or if you have an account that is past due? You can also get a confirmation when a bill is paid and other alerts. Please contact our office for assistance setting up any of these alerts.
Or, if you’d like to avoid having to remember to pay your bill each month, you can sign up for automatic payments. Once less thing to have to remember!
Jayson Bishop
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