June 25, 2007

The first crew is in a white truck with green lettering on the door that says "Davey Resource Group." The truck also carries SRI's logo and a magnetic sign indicating they are a contractor for Florida Keys Electric Cooperative.

House-to-House Inventory of Poles & Meters Begins Today

Florida Keys Electric Cooperative has hired Southeastern Reprographics, Inc. (SRI) to perform a house-to-house inventory of all of its poles and electric meters from North Key Largo to Marathon.

Residents and business owners will see SRI crews in a white truck with a flashing yellow light moving through neighborhoods recording the precise location of every power pole and meter. The crews may also point a large, bright yellow laser "gun" at homes or businesses to record a location using the global positioning system (GPS).

The inventory started June 25 and the first crew is in a white truck with green lettering on the door that says "Davey Resource Group." The truck also carries SRI's logo and a magnetic sign indicating they are a contractor for Florida Keys Electric Cooperative.

The inventory is a critical part of the new facility mapping system being implemented by FKEC. The work involves recording FKEC's entire distribution system of more than 800 miles of overhead and underground lines from Ocean Reef to the top of the Seven Mile Bridge. The work is expected to take a year to complete.

Once complete, the mapping system will help FKEC restore power more quickly after an outage by providing the exact location of a particular pole and all of the equipment associated with the pole.

FKEC is a not-for-profit cooperative utility serving 31,000 member-consumers in the Upper and Middle Keys.

Questions? Call Member Service at 305-852-2431 or 743-5344.