Electric line crews from Manitowoc Public Utilities and 21 other Wisconsin communities will respond to mutual aid for utilities in Florida.
Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall later today and dozens of lineworkers from municipally-owned utilities across the Badger State will answer the call.
The Wisconsin crews, including those from MPU and nearby Plymouth, are scheduled to depart for the southeast tomorrow morning and will use Chattanooga, Tennessee as an initial staging area.
Florida’s Municipal Electric Association has asked Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW) to organize electric system “mutual aid” crews to respond to Kissimmee to work side by side with workers there and other mutual aid personnel.
Wisconsin municipal utilities are planning to send at least 41 electric lineworkers along with a fleet of vehicles.
Workers from our area and state are expected to be in Florida for 10-days to two weeks.
