ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin Public Service is doing its part to help those who have lost power in the southeastern part of the country.
Spokesman Matt Cullen notes “we’re providing more than 20 employees to assist in restoring power to areas that have been impacted by Hurricane Irma.”
Those line electricians left Ashwaubenon Wednesday and will likely be gone for at least two weeks.
“Our crews right now are headed to the Atlanta area to assist Georgia Power with their restoration efforts.”
Cullen notes those crews will help remove trees and debris as well as replace broken power poles.
He describes the general feeling around the workers before they took off.
“There’s an overwhelming sense of pride in the fact that they’re being requested to help restore power to these areas where there are hundreds of thousands of customers that are currently without power.”
Cullen says WPS also released 75 contract workers from their scheduled assignments so they could travel south last week.
He notes this is all part of an effort by Wisconsin Energy Corporation, which is the parent company of both WPS and WE Energies.
“Between the two companies, we’ve actually sent more than 220 contract employees as well as internal employees to assist with those restoration efforts.”
Cullen assures sending the employees will not affect WPS’s ability to provide service to its customers.
