MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – JEA Crews from Jacksonville, Florida have been deployed to Myrtle Beach ahead of this weekend’s major winter storm. JAE crews will primarily assist Santee Cooper in restoring power to areas experiencing outages.
The crews departed in a convoy of trucks from JAE’s Southside and Westside service centers Friday morning. This includes 37 electric crew members and three fleet support personnel.
“We are honored to assist a neighboring community when they need us most,” JEA Managing Director and CEO Vickie Cavey said. “This is what it means to be part of a national network of public power utilities – working together to restore power and support recovery.”…