WINTER STORM: JEMC update

JACKSON EMC NEWS RELEASE:

Jackson EMC crews are actively working to restore power to 2,021 members across our service area impacted by Winter Storm Cora.

In addition to our own crews, Jackson EMC has 175 outside crew members from contractors working side-by-side with Jackson EMC’s linemen to make outage repairs as quickly as conditions and safety procedures allow until all outages are restored.  

As of 6:45 p.m., Jackson EMC is experiencing 33 outages affecting 2,021 members:

Banks 147
Barrow 45
Gwinnett 1,355
Jackson 14
Hall 442
Lumpkin 18

Resources:   

Report Outages. Jackson EMC members should report outages at 1-800-245-4044 (option 1), by visiting outage.jacksonemc.com, or through the MyJacksonEMC mobile app.  
Storm Center. Outage updates and a map with current outages are available at: https://news.jacksonemc.com/outages/   
@JacksonEMC on X. Follow @JacksonEMC on X (formerly known as Twitter) for storm tips and outage updates or like us on Facebook: JacksonEMC.

Reminders:    

Stay away from downed power lines. Assume all are live.
Use generators safely to avoid dangerous backfeed or carbon monoxide poisoning. More information on generator safety is available at https://www.jacksonemc.com/safety/information-and-tips/generator-safety.

About the Author

Ken Stanford is Online News Editor for GLORY 97.5, a position he has held since August 2022.

Ken was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and says he knew from the time he was 5 or 6 he wanted to be a “radio announcer.” That dream was realized when he was hired by Moultrie radio station WMTM in 1960 at the age of 15 as a weekend disc jockey. A 1963 graduate of Moultrie (now Colquitt County) High School, he has spent his whole career in Georgia working for stations in Atlanta, Marietta, and Gainesville – most recently as News Director for 40 years at WDUN in Gainesville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Ken retired in 2011 but came out of retirement last year to help GLORY, on a part-time basis, beef-up its online news presence.

He is the recipient of many Associated Press awards and is a former judge of state and national Associated Press broadcast news contests. In 2005, he was presented with the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s President’s Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2019 was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

He lives in Gainesville with his wife of 52 years, the former Sandra McKnight of Clio, Alabama, and they have one child, a daughter, Lisa, who lives in Cumming with her family.