Restoring the power after a severe storm involves much more than just flipping a switch at a substation or pulling a fallen tree off a downed power lines.
Highly trained workers from local electric cooperatives, crews from neighboring states and specialists from the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives work together around the clock to restore efforts.
Shown here are the steps co-ops follow in restoring power. At each stage, the primary goal is getting the greatest number of co-op members back online in the shortest time possible.
