'Just imagine how much more horrible it would be if the lights weren't on.'
The WHO has now declared the virus, aka COVID-19, a pandemic.That’s one of the reasons utility operators, the people who run your electricity service, are taking steps to sequester employees in offices, power stations, and control rooms to keep everything running., a private company that runs part of the electricity grid in New York, are living in RVs and trailers at two of the company's facilities.
An undated photo shared by the City of Tallahassee in Florida shows RVs set up to house utility workers during the COVID19 pandemic.Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novelOne of those employees, Tim Pasquini, said he volunteered because about two years ago he got 10 weeks of paid leave to be home with his newborn son, thanks to the paid family leave law in New York state.
Pasquini said the past week that he’s lived at the facility felt kind of like camping and that he sees people on calls with their families every day, but that he could see it getting old if it goes on for too long. The City of Tallahassee in Florida also has about 120 employees working in power plants and maintaining power and natural gas service to its more than 123,000 customers. They opted to have some of the workforce sequestered a week at a time so employees can trade off weeks home with their family, while also following strict social distancing protocols.
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