The subsidiary was formed to operate and manage cooperative fiber-to-the-home networks. "We share with Grady a strong commitment to rural broadband and an understanding of its life-changing impact in the communities it serves."Ĭonexon Connect is the internet service provider (ISP) arm of rural fiber broadband design and construction management leader Conexon. "We are pleased to partner with John and the team at Grady EMC and to add to our growing base of subscribers and co-op partners in Georgia," Conexon Founding Partner and Conexon Connect CEO, Randy Klindt said. With its clients, the company has designed more than 200,000 miles of fiber, builds more than 50,000 miles of fiber annually and has connected more than 500,000 rural Americans to fiber to the home. We are excited about this opportunity and the partnership with Conexon Connect that will allow us to bring this much-needed service."Ĭonexon and Conexon Connect work with electric cooperatives who are committed to serving their members with fiber broadband. "This essential service in today's society is why we decided to advocate for Grady County and ultimately members across all our counties by applying for funding. "Broadband service is as essential for our members today as electricity was for them when Grady EMC was created in 1936," said Grady EMC President and CEO, John Long. Additionally, it will provide reliable, clear phone service and enable the benefits of smart grid capabilities to the electrical infrastructure, including improved power outage response times, better load balancing, more efficient electricity delivery and more. The lightning-fast fiber-optic network will offer members access to symmetrical (same upload and download speeds) multi-gigabit internet capabilities. Additional funding will be sought to enable the partners to expand fiber broadband access to all of Grady EMC's 13,000+ members across Grady, Decatur and Thomas counties. I can easily say that costs and materials will probably double the stats for Hurricane Irma.Grady EMC and Conexon Connect will launch and deploy a fiber-to-the-home network initially in Grady County where the co-op received American Rescue Plan Act funding. “There are so many crews in so many areas putting poles in the ground and wire in the air faster than we can count. “We don’t quite have the inventory numbers yet,” Ryan said. The damage numbers related to infrastructure destroyed or impacted are still being tallied. Those responding in the mutual aid effort included: Alabama Power, Amicola EMC, Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., Asplundh, Baldwin EMC, Black Warrior EMC, Canoochee EMC, Central Alabama Electric Cooperative, Cherokee Electric Cooperative, Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative, City of Troy, Clark Public Utilities, Clay Electric Cooperative, Coastal Electric, Cobb EMC, Covington Electric Cooperative Inc., Coweta-Fayette EMC, Energy Louisiana, Flint Energies, Grady EMC, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative, Habersham EMC, Haugland Electric, Irwin EMC, Jackson EMC, Joe Wheeler EMC, Little Ocmulgee EMC, Middle Tennessee Electric, Mitchell EMC, North Georgia EMC, Ocmulgee EMC, Okefenoke REMC, Pea River Electric Cooperative, Peace River Electric Cooperative, Pike Electric, Planters EMC, Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative, Sawnee EMC, Snapping Shoals EMC, Southern Alabama Electric Cooperative, Southern Pine Electric, SPE Group, Sumter EMC, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Talquin, Texas Electric Cooperatives, The Satilla Rural Electric Membership Cooperative, Tombigbee Electric Power Association, Walton EMC, Washington EMC, West Florida Electric, FPL, Duke Energy, Florida Electric Cooperative Association (FECA) Life, families and all other personal priorities are put on hold for our customers, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.” “Even those employees who sustained major losses during Hurricane Ian have worked 12-16 hour shifts each and every day to energize the community as quickly and safely as possible. From packing meals for field crews to inputting timesheets to doing laundry to setting up a resource center for employees who lost their homes, our employees focus on their roles to aid in the thorough LCEC restoration process. Behind the scenes, the more than 400 LCEC employees each play a vital role in restoration. “With the assistance of so many, it is remarkable how quickly the system was rebuilt and although there is much work still to be done, LCEC is proud of how employees rose to the challenge.
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