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Gridiron Grub Settle in for this year’s Super Bowl on February 13 with some next-level snacks; search for winning appetizers on carolinacountry.com/recipes. Winter-Ready Pets If you have pets that spend time outside, adjust food servings to provide extra calories, and check to make sure water bowls don’t freeze. Happy Feet Stash an extra pair of socks in your car’s glove box. If your socks get wet from shoveling snow or stepping in water, you have a dry pair. Toasty and Safe Using a woodburning fireplace this winter? Clean out ashes from previous fires, and be certain the damper or flue is open before starting a fire.
NC Co-ops Participate in National Grid Security Simulation North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives joined several of the state’s distribution cooperatives and more than 700 planners from across the nation in participating in this year’s bi-annual GridEx VI event, a national virtual simulation to support grid security and safety. GridEx is the largest grid security exercise in North America and is held every two years by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center. It brings together industry and government leaders to simulate cyber and physical attacks on the power grid. The November 16–17 event provided co-op staff across the state a valuable opportunity to explore response and recovery scenarios involving simulated attacks on grid infrastructure, and to exercise cooperative crisis plans. “GridEx is an important opportunity for our leadership and staff to practice and refine our response to crisis situations that affect our core grid infrastructure,” said Scott Brame, manager of compliance and jointly owned resources, and GridEx lead planner for North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives. “Our participation in this simulation is a part of our deep commitment to grid security and safety, both physical and digital, and showcases our cooperative commitment to readiness.” This year’s GridEx brought together 280 industry and government organizations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Electric utilities, state and federal agencies, critical infrastructure cross-sector partners and supply chain stakeholders worked through response scenarios to challenge assumptions, collaborate and enhance preparedness for current and evolving threats to the grid. The event will return in 2023 with continued participation from North Carolina’s electric co-ops.
Celebrated Finest Some of the winners of the 2021 Carolina’s Finest awards, featured in our November 2021 issue, are served by electric cooperatives. Two such winners were the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Finest NC Landmark) and Emerald Isle (Finest Getaway).
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative EVP and General Manager Susan Flythe with Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac
Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative Communications Specialist Melissa Glenn with Emerald Isle Town Manager Matt Zapp
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