Local
Weather
Safety
Tips
Restoring
Power
Tree
Trimming
Local
Weather
For an up-to-date look at the weather for our service area, go to weather.com.
Safety
Tips
Never
assume a line on the ground to be dead. Never use electrical appliances on wet
surfaces or when your feet are wet. Never overload circuits or plugs. Never
use appliances or tools with frayed electric cords. Never run electric wires
under rugs or carpet. Never work on any electric appliance, tool, electronic
equipment, etc. without first unplugging. Never try to make any electrical repairs
to fuse panels or boxes unless you are a qualified electrician.
Restoring
Power
When outages occur, DES'
first priority for power restoration is hospitals, nursing care facilities,
communications, police, fire departments, water departments, schools and other
emergency support systems. Power restoration is much like a spider building
its web from the center out. Linemen start with substations, and restore power
outward until all customers are back on line.
Tree
Trimming
Trimming trees is an ongoing
project with Dickson Electric System. Trees are trimmed on a three- to four-year
rotation cycle. Trees and tree limbs are the primary cause of more power outages
than anything else.