Preparing for Reliability
Preparing for Reliability
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We were in the studio with John Arp, Operations Manager of the Western Region for REC to continue our conversation about Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s commitment to reliability. Today we talked about year-round practices to prevent outages, a bit more about storm prep, and John answered a few questions like why power lines aren’t all underground and what causes power blips.

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REC Prepared for Multi-Day Power Outages

Friday | January 23, 2026
Based on weather predictions, REC is prepared for a multi-day outage event.
REC is monitoring the significant winter weather system projected to affect much of its service territory this weekend. REC is prepared to respond to ...
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