We are holding Luke and all of his loved ones in our hearts.Ī GoFundMe set up for Donahue’s family has raised more than $90,000. We are especially grateful for the first responders. We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the community for Luke, his family, and his GMP teammates. He was working in the field to serve customers during last week’s windstorm when a tree fell. Luke brought positivity and a lighthearted attitude where ever he went. “This is a very sad time, and we are focused on doing all we can to support Luke’s family and everyone at GMP who is grieving this unimaginable loss. Police have not provided details on the accident or how Donahue was hurt, other than that it was an accident. The result is that a single event at a large power station could cost a utility many millions of dollars.

In addition, a plant outage can significantly reduce a utility’s ability to import power from neighboring companies. Donahue, 41, of Colrain, Massachusetts, was working in an area on Reed Hill Road where trees had fallen on power lines. transformer at a power plant can render the entire station useless for the duration of the repair, which can be months. A Green Mountain Power worker from Massachusetts was killed in an accident at a jobsite in Halifax

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