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Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect those islands. Total monetary losses are estimated at upwards of $91.61 billion (2017 USD), mostly in Puerto Rico, ranking it as the third-costliest tropical cyclone on record. RS Electric Utility Services contributed to the recovery efforts of Puerto Rico’s electrical infrastructure.

Featured on 41 Action News, Kansas City, MO on July 17, 2017

RS Electric is working with Herzog Contracting Corp. and Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to help keep the new KC Streetcar system moving. This project was re-tensioning the overhead wires, a project that required efficient overnight work to avoid service disruption.

Read more about the KC Streetcar system at the RideKC Streetcar website…

Featured on LNKTV City, Lincoln, Nebraska  — Oct. 26, 2022
Mayor’s news conference:  Streetlight replacement update.

Helping build a brighter future for Lincoln.

The City of Lincoln, Nebraska contracted with RS Electric Utility Services to replace a thousand defective LED streetlights that gave off an unexpected purple hue. LED streetlights will contribute to helping the city save over $340,000 per year in energy costs, while also creating safer streets for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists, and reducing their environmental impact by 9,000 tons of CO₂ emissions annually.
It is all helping to create a brighter future for Lincoln.

Featured on 3KSN TV, WICHITA, Kansas (KSNW), by Sam Montero — Updated: Nov 1, 2021

Earlier this year Evergy discovered many streetlights were turning purple due to a faulty subcomponent causing the light to fail.

Andrew Baker, a spokesperson for Evergy, said identifying and replacing these lights has been quite an undertaking, but the company is finally making progress.

“We’ve identified just under 4,000 lights in the Wichita area that were putting out this blue-purple light,” said Baker. It’s a big number, but he knows it may not be the final count.

“We are aware of the possibility of discovering more,” Baker continued. So far, over 2,000 lights have been replaced in the Wichita area.

“We really do feel that right now we’re ahead of the game when it comes to light replacement,” he added.

Wichitan Susan Brunsell feels it’s not enough. “I’ve noticed more,” said Susan.

Evergy expects to switch out all faulty lights in Wichita by the end of the year, but the Air Capitol isn’t the only place seeing purple.

“Topeka, Wichita, Manhattan, Emporia and Lawrence. Those are the five areas that we’ve seen,” claimed Baker. …

For customers concerned about the price tag of these fixes, Baker said the LED fixtures are covered under warranty, so there will be no additional cost to Evergy or their customers for replacing the lights.

RS Electric Utility Service is working with Evergy to resolve this issue.