Northern Neck Electric Cooperative (NNEC) lineworker Gena Boarman recently returned from a challenging mission in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, where she helped restore power after the devastation of Hurricane Beryl.
Boarman, a member of a team assembled by NRECA International, worked alongside the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to bring electricity back to communities in one of the country’s most rural areas. Despite challenging working conditions, the team of American lineworkers—including Boarman, the first U.S. lineworkers in history to provide aid in Jamaica—successfully restored power to hundreds of homes and families.
In early July, Hurricane Beryl brought nearly 12 inches of rain, floods and sustained winds of 140 mph to Jamaica. This category 4 hurricane left….
