As the country continues to watch the path of Hurricane Dorian, the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU) continues to participate in daily conference calls through the American Public Power Association’s Mutual Aid Working Group. Municipal electric utilities across Florida and other parts of the Southeast put out a call for mutual aid ahead of the impending storm, and IAMU has members on stand-by to deploy if help is needed.

The Iowa crews that offered to respond with eight total electric lineworkers and equipment were from the following systems:

• Sioux Center Municipal Utilities
• Sibley Municipal Utilities
• Muscatine Power and Water
• Eldridge Electric Utility

IAMU and the volunteering utilities will continue to monitor the storm and deploy if need be. If no assistance is needed, the volunteering utilities will eventually be released.

We are still early in the hurricane season. There likely will be more events for which IAMU will reach out to members, asking for assistance.