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Howell-Oregon Engineers recently completed Staking Training at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives in Jefferson City. Dan Singletary, CEO/General Manager, presented them with their certificates. Left to right: Dan, Stace Kerley, Travis Ford and Mike King. Congratulations Gentlemen!

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We are closing early today, Tuesday, Jan. 31, for the safety of our employees. Business office will close at 2 p.m. Dispatch will be available to report any outages by calling 417-256-2131 or 1-888-HOE-POWER. Stay safe and warm!

All outages from the January 24-25 snowstorm have had power restored. With almost 15,000 members out of power this was a large undertaking. Thank you to all of our members for your patience. And to our Mutual Assistance crews: linemen from Callaway Electric Cooperative, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Intercounty Electric Cooperative, Ozark Electric Cooperative, Southwest Electric Cooperative, Three Rivers Electric Cooperative and White River Valley Electric Cooperative as well as Kiowa Line Builders... thank you!

We currently have 936 members without power. Crews are out still working today and are optimistic that power should be restored today. There may be isolated issues that cause an outage or continued outage. At times, power may have to be turned off to be repaired for others, and that may affect those who have already had power restored.

As of around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27, Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative had approximately 3,800 members without power. Crews made significant gains yesterday and into last night and were eager to start again early this morning.

Crews made significant gains yesterday and into last night. Overnight total outages dwindled to 4,900 members (down from more than 14,000 initially). More lineman from other cooperatives came in to assist today. Total linemen on the ground is approximately 120. As a reminder, stay away from downed power lines. More updates will be provided today.

We currently have around 7,700 members remaining without power (down from over 14,000 initially). We will be adding more mutual aid from two additional Electric Cooperatives and our contractor for tomorrow. They will continue to troubleshoot issues and reconnect power when it is safe to do so. Keep in mind, as they work, there are times they must turn service off temporarily for safety, to get it back on for more people. Thank you for your continued patience.