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REPLACEMENT PROGRAM  Trees
growing in power lines are the #1 enemy of service reliability. FEC’s Tree Replacement Program
(TRP) allows your cooperative to remove trees from its primary and secondary power lines, which could create service reliability problems for
FEC.
FEC will replace the tree that is removed from primary or secondary power lines with one of eight trees chosen by the
member/owner FREE of charge. The trees will be planted for the member/owner by a professional nursery. Tree choices include redbud, flowering crabapple, amur maple, Washington hawthorn, green ash, pin oak, chanticleer pear and red maple. Contact Joe Timmons at
660-646-4281 or 1-800-279-0496 to reserve your new tree. See our Tree
Replacement Program flyer from the January, 2008, Rural
Missouri magazine. This is a large size PDF file, so please
wait for it to download to your computer.
Plant
trees in the right place (click on image to see a closer view -
please wait for the image to download).
PRESS
RELEASE
February,
2008, Rural Missouri special edition FEC's Tree Replacement Program
Helps to Improve Overall Service Reliability
Farmers' Electric Cooperative's Tree Replacement Program (TRP)
is starting its 14th year, and it has been a big success in eliminating one
of the biggest problems involving ser-vice reliability.
Tree limbs in power lines
can cause disruptions in service, including those annoying blinks.
Trees that are too close to power lines also create a potential problem when
ice storms cross the area. The weight of the ice on the limbs can cause
the limbs to drop onto power lines that are already stretched to
capacity. Plus, trees can fall through power lines, which takes even longer
to repair and to restore service.
The TRP allows FEC to remove
a tree near a primary service. A new tree is planted away from the
power lines in the area, by a professional, at no cost to the member.
Members have a variety of trees to choose from. This helps to eliminate amajor service reliability
problem.
Contact Joe Timmons at
660-646-4281 or 1-800-279-0496 to reserve your new tree. See our Tree
Replacement Program flyer from the January, 2008, Rural
Missouri magazine. This is a large size PDF file, so please
wait for it to download to your computer.
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Associated's coal-based units are the foundation for providing low-cost energy to member systems. The
cooperative's owned and contracted coal-based resources make up 53 percent of capacity but produce about 85 percent of
Associated's energy. In 2004 alone, the cooperative's New Madrid and Thomas Hill coal units produced 15.2 million megawatt-hours for member systems. Associated employees continue to improve the maintenance and operation of these coal units, constructed from 1966 to 1982. These units have been generating at sustained, elevated levels since they were converted to burn low-sulfur coal in 1994.