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Related Links Video, Hope and Power, documents the restoration effort by co-ops nationwide following Hurricane Katrina.

The lights are long since back on. But more than two years after Hurricane Katrina, electric co-ops in Mississippi and Louisiana face new, unexpected challenges. Co-ops are preparing for unpredictable growth -- and, in some places, a repeat. The following articles by Michael W. Kahn, published in Electric Co-op Today, offer a unique co-op perspective on the hurricane’s aftermath.

• Unexpected Growth Presents New Challenges for Mississippi Co-ops
  Post-Katrina push to the north means thousands of new consumer-members for co-ops that have rebuilt systems.

• The G&T Perspective: Projecting Power Needs for 20 Years
  As Mississippi co-ops try to assess future demand in a rapidly changing region, the need to build new generation “seems inescapable.”

• ‘Insurance is Keeping People From Building’
  Price and availability of wind insurance are obstacles to homebuyers.

• Louisiana Co-ops Plan How to House Thousands of Workers
  Arranging accommodations for out-of-state workers is an issue in anticipation of the next big storm.

• Before a Storm, Rethinking the Evacuee Issue
  High number of evacuees complicated co-op restoration efforts following Katrina.