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The changing needs of an evolving membership prompted Southwestern Electric Cooperative’s board of directors to update a decades-old approach to retur...

The 85th Annual Meeting of Members is Saturday, Sept. 9. Find answers to your annual meeting questions here.

On Aug. 10, Southwestern Electric will provide safety training for all employees. Our offices will be closed and our personnel will be unavailable for...

Six high school students from Southwestern Illinois traveled to Springfield, Ill., on March 29 to tour the Capitol and meet with legislators during Ill...

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory effective from 1 p.m. today through 1 p.m. Saturday, April 1. Please be alert for sagging or falle...

Southwestern’s online billing center will be unavailable from noon Friday, Dec. 30, through 1 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, while we perform year-end system ma...

Most power outages are measured in minutes or hours. When an ice storm breaks poles and brings down powerlines system-wide, an outage can last for day...

The National Weather Service is forecasting winds gusting to 45 mph and subzero temperatures. These conditions create a high potential for outages. Pl...

Southwestern Electric operations and engineering personnel are addressing outages on what's proven to be a busy Saturday for Illinois utility crews. 

Southwestern Electric Cooperative's online payment portal has a new address. You'll find it at: https://onlinebilling.sweci.com/onlineportal/.

Our online payment portal will be offline for maintenance Friday, Oct. 7, from 7 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.

At 3:45 p.m., Southwestern Electric linemen will replace a damaged pole south of New Douglas. The work will interrupt power to 240 members served by o...