At Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative, one of our goals is to serve our members while also providing a safe workplace as we manage our day-to-day operations. However, like many others in our area, we are taking steps to prepare for the winter weather and we are also encouraging everyone around us to be prepared.

Forecasters are predicting heavy snow and minor icing, accompanied by severe wind chills that could last for several days.

These weather conditions could cause power outages.

Residents are warned that snow, wind, and ice could cause trees and power lines to fall.

The weather conditions may result in extensive damage to our electrical system and unusually hazardous conditions.

Residents and businesses in our service area should be taking steps to prepare for this winter storm.

Crews are on standby should outages occur.

For your safety, please stay away from any downed power lines.

An important consideration regarding evacuating your family is to consider that you may be without creature comforts for an extended period of time, which could lead to serious hardships.

Because this is a winter storm, you should prepare to properly heat your home while you are without electricity. The source might include a propane heater, a wood burning stove, or a fireplace. Make sure you have ample firewood or propane for heating.

If you are using a whole-home generator, it must have a transfer switch, installed by a licensed electrician, to prevent the generator from back feeding into our electrical system.

For the safety of everyone, if you are using a portable electrical generator, do not tie it into your circuit panel. An improperly wired generator can send power into downed lines causing serious injury or death to you, a family member, a neighbor, or one of our repair crews. A generator can only be tied into a circuit panel if a licensed electrician has installed a transfer switch.

Road conditions may keep you from leaving your home. Now is the time to stock up on necessities, such as water, medications, medical supplies, blankets and, non-perishable food items.

At this time our office is open.

Although we post service updates to social media, we do not monitor social media for reports of outages. All outages must be reported by phone or our App.

To report an outage or a downed power line, you can call 785-534-1601 or 800-530-5572.