Customer Response Center<\/h2>\n
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The Customer Response Center (CRC) was created to provide after-hours answering and dispatch. CRC is a non-profit entity located in the headquarters of PowerSouth Energy Cooperative. CRC provides service throughout Alabama and Northwest Florida.<\/p>\n
Interactive Voice Response System<\/h2>\n
CRC utilizes an Interactive Voice Response System (IVR) for call handling. The system is capable of receiving up to 96 inbound calls simultaneously. The first call is sent to a \u201clive\u201d dispatcher(s), and subsequent calls are answered by the IVR, through personalized scripts and prompts. The IVR retrieves member information from a database, utilizing the member\u2019s phone number. Therefore, it is very important that we have your correct phone number listed in our member records. Members are also given the opportunity to record information concerning their outage. Life support and prime power members are identified and are given the highest priority.<\/p>\n
The IVR allows dispatchers to sort information by various criteria. For example, we have the ability to break each member down by substation feed, line section, reclosure number, and map number to accurately assess the outage area.<\/p>\n
CRC communicates directly with Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) personnel to ensure we receive all logged outages. Our personnel also have the ability to log into the IVR to access and view all outage restoration efforts either from the office or home.<\/p>\n
Training & Staff<\/h2>\n
The dispatchers that staff CRC are well-trained, efficient, and effective personnel. In addition, there are routine meetings between individual cooperative staff and CRC staff that work together to resolve any problems associated with the service, as well as to look for ways to better serve each cooperative\u2019s member base. By pooling our efforts with other cooperatives, GCEC is able to offer a better service at a lower operating cost.<\/p>\n
The service is provided from 4:30 p.m. until 7 a.m., Monday through Friday, and 24 hours on weekends and holidays for GCEC members. If an outage occurs during these time frames, call one of our toll-free outage reporting numbers: (800) 568-3667<\/a> or (800) 333-9392<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you experience an outage, please call our offices any time of the day or night using our toll-free or local numbers: To report an outage during normal business hours, call (850) 265-3631, (850) 481-1188, or (850) 639-2216. To report an outage after normal business hours, call (800) 568-3667 or (800) 333-9392. Read more about […]\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":35771,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35775\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcec.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}