Operations - Who We Are

Bowling Green District Office

Leitchfield District Office

Morgantown District Office

Franklin District Office

Operational Services and Meter Reading

Right-of-Way

Grayson County Water District

Gerald Smith
District Manager

The continued growth in the Bowling Green area is creating a strain on our current facilities. To take care of this added demand, we are building new substations in the Alvaton and Memphis Junction areas as well as replacing many circuits with larger conductor. We continue to inspect existing facilities on a regular basis and make changes to keep the system in a safe operating condition by replacing poles, conductors and transformers. To improve reliability we are installing line fuses and installing lightning arrestors on all padmount transformers.

Buck Jenkins Service Center
313 Commerce Avenue
Bowling Green, KY 42101

Our office maintains seven substations, 1,428 miles of distribution lines, nearly 100 miles of transmission circuits and serves 13,934 members.

Despite the present economic concerns, our membership has continued to grow, and we have built additional facilities to serve these new members. Scheduled for completion by July 2009, several more projects are planned to handle the additional load that has been added to our system. Crews are also busy with member requests and completing items that were identified by our inspectors. This fall and in the spring of 2009, contractors will be clearing right-of-way in the Caneyville, Sweeden and Peonia areas.

Leitchfield Office
113 South Lee Avenue
Leitchfield, KY 42754
Phone: (270) 259-3161
Fax: (270) 393-2617

Gregg Weathers
District Manager

We are looking forward to 2010. The crews are working on pole replacements that are showing signs of deterioration; this is an ongoing transmission and distribution project. The majority of the pole change-outs will be in Butler County. We will continue to remove idle transformers and meters so they can be refurbished and reused, which will keep down costs. We will have maintenance projects scheduled through the year to keep lines and equipment up-to-date. A&G Tree Service, our right-of-way contractors, will be working in the Prentiss area cutting trees in order to improve reliability. These contractors will have proper identification with them at all times.

Morgantown Office
112 South Tyler Street
Morgantown, KY 42261
Phone: (270) 526-3384
Fax: (270) 393-2616

Butch Morris
District Manager

The Franklin office maintains five substations consisting of 1,145 miles of lines, which serve more than 10,000 Warren RECC members. Our territory covers parts of Logan, Simpson and Warren counties.

We have completed the new Woodburn substation, which will help relieve the load feeding the Salmons, Rockfield and Plano areas. Our crews have completed the underground primary feeding the new South Warren High and Middle School. Through our pole inspection program, we are continuing the replacement of the aged poles.

Franklin Office
698 Morgantown Road
Franklin, KY 42134
Phone: (270) 586-3443
Fax: (270) 393-2615

Andrew Lindsey
Manager

The Operational Service group is responsible for servicing and maintaining our 35 substations and reading over 60,000 electric meters. Our Meter Reading division utilizes a portable computer to read residential meters by driving past the residence. In Morgantown, meters are read by the contractor Tru-Check.

Our System Control Center remotely monitors all of our substations, receives outage calls from members, dispatches crews and processes all Kentucky 811 underground locate requests. For outage problems in Warren County, call 843-9710. Outside Warren County, call toll free 1-888-604-4321

Don Cole
Superintendent

In an effort to provide reliable service to our members and to ensure the safety of our facilities, it is imperative that we maintain our utility right-of-way. Our goal is to clear approximately 1,200 miles of right-of-way each year. This includes trimming or removing trees in and around our power lines. By doing this, we lessen the cause of blinks and outages.

We utilize contractors chosen through a bid process. During 2009-2010, A&G Contracting crews will be clearing right-of-way in the following areas: Prentiss, Perdue, Hardcastle, Auburn, West Leitchfield, Greenwood and Plano. These crews will have proper identification when they are in your area. For the next couple of weeks, A&G crews will be working in the Drakeborough subdivision trimming trees around street lights.

Two weeks before we start a project, our Telelink telephone service will notify members in that particular area. If we are unable to make contact by telephone, they will be notified by postcard. Members in Warren County may call our Telelink number at 842-3234 to update their telephone number, or 1-866-319-3234 toll-free outside of Warren County.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at
(270) 842-5214, extension 1106.

Kevin Shaw
Manager

The employees of Grayson County Water District have always risen to the task of taking care of business in an extremely professional manner. In the past few months, we have been recognized on four different occasions for these efforts. You could say we are the winners of the triple crown of awards in the water world.

As our first award, we received the Wooden Bucket award by the Kentucky Rural Water Association for outstanding system operations statewide. This award is presented annually to one water or wastewater system for excellence in system-wide operations.

The second award, from the Central Kentucky Water & Wastewater Operators Association, is for Outstanding Water Plant of the Year in the Central Chapter. The association consists of four chapters. Each chapter chooses an annual winner which is then submitted to the state association. From those four nominations, one is chosen as the plant of the year.

The third award was as the Outstanding Water Plant of the Year from the Kentucky Water & Wastewater Operators Association.

Last, but not least is the fourth award for second place in the Best Tasting Water in Kentucky contest. The winners of this award are chosen at an annual management conference of the Kentucky Rural Water Association. It is a real honor to be chosen by a panel of judges in a blind taste test as a top contender.