{"id":835127,"date":"2025-04-08T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/local-georgia-power-crews-recognized-with-emergency-response-award-during-lineworker-appreciation-month\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:17:11","slug":"local-georgia-power-crews-recognized-with-emergency-response-award-during-lineworker-appreciation-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/local-georgia-power-crews-recognized-with-emergency-response-award-during-lineworker-appreciation-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Georgia Power crews recognized with Emergency Response Award during Lineworker Appreciation Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n <\/span>, April 8, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Georgia Power, the state’s leading electric utility serving 2.8 million customers, is joining other utilities across the country in marking April as\u00a0Lineworker Appreciation Month. This April, the company is highlighting the work of local power crews during Hurricane Helene in 2024 and celebrating the recent recognition by Edison Electric Institute (EEI) with its Emergency Recovery Award, commending the company’s exceptional efforts to swiftly restore service to the public in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the fall of 2024. The winners were chosen by a panel of judges following an international nomination process.<\/p>\n

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Senator John Kennedy<\/span> and other state lawmakers also recognized the work of the state’s electric companies last month when they designated March 11<\/span> as Georgia Lineworker Day at the Georgia State Capitol. Read more about that event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The worst from Hurricane Helene certainly brought out the best in every Georgia Power employee \u2013 starting with our lineworkers on the front lines of our response to the historic storm, aided and supported by every other employee who participated in restoration and rebuilding in the aftermath and months following. This award from EEI is a testament to their shared dedication and commitment to our neighbors and communities, and the excellence they bring in service for our customers when it counts the most,” said Kim Greene<\/span>, chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power. “I’m honored to be a part of this incredible team and couldn’t be more grateful for their dedication and commitment to being here for Georgia<\/span> every day.”<\/p>\n

Hurricane Helene made landfall at approximately 11 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2024<\/span>. By dawn Friday morning, Helene had barreled through Georgia<\/span>, downing hundreds of thousands of trees, damaging thousands more power poles, and grounding nearly 1,000 miles of power lines \u2013 leaving more than one million Georgians without electricity in what became the most destructive hurricane in Georgia<\/span> Power’s 140-year history.<\/p>\n

Georgia Power’s dedicated crews, along with assisting teams and resources from as far away as New Jersey<\/span>, California<\/span>, and Canada<\/span> combined to create a team of more than 20,000 strong \u2013 working tirelessly to rebuild crucial parts of Georgia’s<\/span> power grid. Restoration required the use of resources including helicopters, boats, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to restore power to customers around the state.<\/p>\n

The damage to Georgia Power’s electric system from Hurricane Helene was severe and included:<\/p>\n