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Tuesday | March 16, 2021
Auto Accident Interrupts Power to Hamel & Alhambra Members
Southwestern Electric crews are in Edwardsville replacing a utility pole damaged by an automobile this morning. Approximately 250 members in the Hamel...
Friday | March 12, 2021
Crews Repairing Damaged Pole in Effingham County
Southwestern Electric crews are in Effingham County this evening replacing a utility pole damaged by an automobile earlier today. Engineering and oper...
Monday | March 8, 2021
COVID Mitigation Measures in Place Through April
Southwestern Electric Cooperative will keep its coronavirus mitigation measures in place through April. The co-op’s response plan calls for lobbies an...
Sunday | February 28, 2021
Auto Accident Interrupts Power to Meadowbrook Area Members
Southwestern Electric crews are working to restore power to 400 members in Madison County after an automobile damaged a utility pole this morning. The...
Thursday | February 25, 2021
Excavating Equipment Breaks Power Line in Madison County
About 500 Southwestern Electric members in Madison County lost power shortly before 2 p.m. when a piece of excavating equipment broke a power line eas...
Thursday | February 4, 2021
High Winds Present Downed Wire Danger
The National Weather Service forecast calls for steady winds Thursday and Friday with gusts reaching 35 mph. Strong winds may bring down branches and ...
Wednesday | February 3, 2021
Transmission Line Fault Interrupts Power to 2,200 Members
A fault in an Ameren transmission line briefly interrupted power to about 2,200 Southwestern Electric members in the Troy area shortly before 10:15 a....
Monday | February 1, 2021
COVID Mitigation Measures Remain In Place
Southwestern Electric Cooperative will continue to keep coronavirus mitigation measures in place through February. “Since my last update, not much has...
Tuesday | January 26, 2021
Mastercard Processing Issue Resolved
Mastercard has resolved issues with their billing system. Payments made with Mastercard should now process correctly.
Wednesday | January 20, 2021
300 Madison County Members Without Service
About 300 members in Madison County lost power at 10:45 a.m. Southwestern crews have been dispatched to identify the source of the outage and make rep...
Friday | January 15, 2021
High Winds Present Downed-Wire Dangers
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Southwestern Illinois. Be alert for sagging or fallen lines, and treat every powerl...
Thursday | December 31, 2020
Southwestern Operations Update: COVID-19 Response
Southwestern Electric Cooperative will continue to keep coronavirus mitigation measures in place through January. “To protect the health and safety of...