Public Power Mutual Aid: Minnesota Crews Head to North Carolina

Winter Storm Fern caused widespread outages across the Southeast. In response, RPU joined a statewide mutual aid effort through the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA), partnering with other Minnesota public power crews to support restoration work in North Carolina.

RPU deployed a small transmission and distribution crew with fleet support and specialized equipment, sending four lineworkers and one fleet mechanic to assist crews in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. RPU is part of a larger Minnesota mutual aid team of 41 public power workers from communities including Alexandria, Anoka, Austin, Brainerd, Chaska, Detroit Lakes, Elk River, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, Hutchinson, Marshall, Moorhead, New Ulm, Owatonna, and Shakopee, along with MMUA support. When communities need extra hands, equipment, and expertise, we step up. Mutual aid is one more way we put our slogan into action, on the road and at home: We pledge, we deliver.