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7/7/2010

Animal Enters Interchange Causing Outage

An animal causes outages in the eastern portion of Tri-County Electric's service territory.

In the early morning hours of July 7, ananimal entered the Cole Interchange causing damage and subsequent outages.Substations affected included Balko, Beard, Camrick, Elmwood, Hardesty, Hooker,Ponderosa and Turpin. Approximately 5,000 members were without power from 12:32a.m. with all power restored by 2:32 a.m.

“Thedamage caused by the animal was repaired as soon as possible,” said ZacPerkins, manager of Communications and Member Relations. “Such repairs taketime and we appreciate the patience of our members during the outage.”

In the event of an outage at your address,you should contact Tri-County Electric at 800-522-3315 to report it promptly.

Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., is dedicated to providing members with safe and reliable electric service at the lowest practical price. Headquartered in Hooker, Okla., Tri-County Electric is a not-for-profit distribution cooperative owned and controlled by its members. The utility serves approximately 23,000 customer accounts in the Oklahoma Panhandle, southwestern Kansas, the northern border of the Texas Panhandle and parts of Colorado and New Mexico. Tri-County Electric is a Touchstone Energy cooperative. For more information, visit www.tri-countyelectric.coop.

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