Clay County Electric Coop gets last FEMA payment.Clay County Electric Cooperative Clay County Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Corning, Arkansas. The cooperative serves customers in Clay County, Arkansas and Randolph County, Arkansas. Corp. said it recently received its last $6 million payment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical for damage caused by the January ice storm. The storm destroyed between 10,000 and 12,000 poles and caused $41 million worth of damage, said Nick Manatt, member services manager for Clay County Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States. Most are named for Henry Clay, U.S. Senator and statesman:
n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. covered 75 percent of the damage. The $6 million will be used to return the system to its condition before the ice storm, be said. The cooperative bad been receiving money from FEMA for several months. Without the FEMA money, the cooperative's members would have had to finance the repairs, Manatt said. The cooperative has 2,600 miles of distribution lines and serves the rural areas of Clay, Randolph and Greene counties Greene County is the name of fourteen counties in the United States of America, each named in honor of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene:
Manatt said the repairs would continue into next year. "Hopefully, we won't have any other ice storms or tornadoes between then," Manatt said. |
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