LINCOLN — Lincoln Electric System is asking customers to stay alert for scammers. LES has received multiple reports from customers of an uptick in scams in the LES service area. Customers should stay vigilant.
Scammers threaten to disconnect power unless customers make an immediate payment using the payment system Zelle. In some instances, the bad actor will even instruct the customer in steps to set up the payment system. Other scam tactics include using automated...
LINCOLN — Lincoln Electric System is deploying staff and vehicles to help utilities in Florida with anticipated power restoration efforts due to Hurricane Ian.
Three crews comprised of 20 LES employees are headed to Tallahassee, Florida, as Hurricane Ian approaches, expected to make landfall Sept. 28. In preparation, utilities in the path are prestaging restoration workers and equipment and coordinating response efforts with their state and local officials.
"Storms of this size have the potential...
LINCOLN — After five years with no rate adjustment, the Lincoln Electric System Administrative Board’s Budget & Rates Committee proposed a budget that includes a 4.8% systemwide increase to 2023 retail electric rates during LES’ Administrative Board meeting today. The rate adjustment primarily is due to budgeted increases in power and transmission costs which are the costs to generate and deliver electricity to customers. LES has limited ability to influence these costs.
An LES residential...
LINCOLN – Lincoln Electric System will reach the next step in its latest long-range planning process with its third and final public meeting for the LES Integrated Resource Plan on Thursday, Aug. 25, 6-7:30 p.m. at the LES Operations Center, 9445 Rokeby Road. The Integrated Resource Plan, or IRP, is a blueprint developed every five years to help forecast when power resources will be needed, what the power-generation mix should look like and how the...
LINCOLN — Lincoln Electric System is asking customers to stay alert for scammers. We have received reports from customers of an uptick in scams. Customers should stay vigilant.
In some instances, scammers may contact customers claiming their meter is expiring and demand immediate payment. Don’t be fooled. LES meters do not expire, and LES does not reach out to customers requesting bank account information.
Keep the following tips in mind:
- LES will not contact you...