Finley worked as a liaison between FEMA and Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative following ice storm
Finley worked as a liaison between FEMA and Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative following ice storm
1 PagesCase study: SouthweSt Iowa RuRal electRIc coopeRatIve With three offices (Corning, Mt. Ayr, and Stanton), Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., serves all or part of 11 counties in southwest Iowa. The utility began working with Finley Engineering in 2004, when it consolidated with another utility. “One project we had Finley do was to redo a couple of our substations,” said Duane Schafer, director of operations. “These were 34.5 kV substations that we needed to convert to 69 kV. Finley also did our 2004-2008 work plan, and they also do all of our work order closeouts.” The utility and Finley began working most closely together, though, in late 2007. A major ice storm swept through the Midwest in December 2007, virtually demolishing thousands of miles of power lines
