Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: Topping our news today… Around 9AM Monday, a SUV collided with a concrete p
Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
Topping our news today…
Around 9AM Monday, a SUV collided with a concrete power pole resulting in the pole shearing in two. This pole was a joint-use pole and both Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) and Cleveland Utilities (CU) linemen were dispatched to the site.
Approximately 15 linemen from VEC and CU combined to place a new metal pole and move the electrical equipment and lines to the new pole. VEC had approximately 670 consumer members without power during this outage. All power was restored by 4:30PM Monday.
Aaron Hood, Cleveland Area Service Manager, said this was a join-use pole and required working together to bring all affected customers back on line. He went on to express his appreciation for the cooperative’s members’ patience during the outage.
From WRCB Channel 3…
We’re one week away from the deadline for new voters to register in Tennessee.
Hamilton County Election Administrator Kerry Steelman said they’re getting 135 voting machines ready to be tested ahead of early voting.
There are a few things to keep in mind before you head to the polls.
– Make sure you register by February 3
– Make sure you register information is up to date
It’s also important to make your vote in the county you registered in.
Also from WRCB Channel 3…
The Internal Revenue Service filed a federal tax lien against a Tennessee state legislator notifying the lawmaker that he failed to pay just over $19,000 in federal income taxes over two years.
IRS documents filed at the beginning of the month and recently obtained by news outlets show that Rep. Matthew Hill, a Republican representing Jonesborough, has an unpaid balance of about $4,360 from 2016 and an unpaid balance of $14,680 from 2018.
Hill released a statement saying he’s taking action and will pay all taxes owed. Tennessee Statehouse officials and the IRS wouldn’t comment on the case.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Tim Siniard reports: Cleveland Utilities customers will be able to rest easy whenever violent storms result in lightning striking CU’s facilities again and again and again.
That’s because the utility is implementing a lightning-eliminator system, also called a dissipation array system, to guard against lightning strikes at two of its substations.
CU Electric Division Vice President Jimmy Isom told members of the CU Board of Directors in a recent gathering that a recent visit to Chattanooga’s Electric Power Board facilities convinced him of the importance of the system, which seeks to eliminate the destructiveness of lightning strikes by utilizing equipment that dissipates its energy.
The utility’s board of directors voted to approve the $63,039 purchase of two lightning dissipation array systems from Lightning Eliminators & Consultants Inc., for its Cherokee Gateway and Lang Street substations.
According to LE&C, the system “prevents direct lightning strikes by reducing the electric field to below lightning-collection levels, within the protected area.” As a result, its DAS helps “to prevent downtime and loss of assets, while increasing lightning safety for personnel.”
CU’s Cherokee Gateway substation, currently under construction, is located near Spring Branch Industrial Park. The Lang Street substation is scheduled for an upgrade this year.
Isom said EPB reported success with the technology and is incorporating it with the construction of its new substations.
