Recent Posts
Thursday | December 31, 2020
Year-End System Maintenance
Southwestern’s online billing center will be unavailable from noon Thursday, December 31, through 1 a.m. Friday, January 1, while we perform year-end ...
Saturday | December 19, 2020
Automobile Accident Interrupts Power to 260 Members
About 260 members in Effingham and Fayette counties lost power shortly before 6 p.m. when a car struck a utility pole near Southwestern Electric Coope...
Wednesday | November 25, 2020
500 Ramsey Area Members Lose Power
About 500 Fayette County members lost service at 3:30 p.m. when power was interrupted to Southwestern Electric Cooperative's Ramsey Substation.
Tuesday | October 27, 2020
Southwestern Operations Update: COVID-19 Response
Southwestern Electric will continue to keep coronavirus mitigation measures in place through the end of 2020.
Sunday | October 18, 2020
475 Madison County Members Without Power
About 475 members served by Southwestern’s Worden Substation are without power this evening. Shortly after 4:30 p.m., a fault triggered a breaker oper...
Thursday | September 17, 2020
Payment Processing Systems Unavailable During Oct. 16-18 Maintenance
Southwestern Electric Cooperative’s payment processing systems will be unavailable from 10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, ...
Monday | September 14, 2020
Annual Meeting Spotlights Service in a Time of COVID-19, Electric Vehicles And Gusewelle Retirement
An early voting option offered by Southwestern Electric Cooperative resulted in the organization’s highest voter turnout in decades, while the co-op’s...
Monday | August 31, 2020
Damaged Equipment Interrupts Service to 140 Members
About 140 members in Bond and Madison counties are without power this morning. The service interruption is expected to last about two hours...
Tuesday | August 4, 2020
Annual Meeting 2020: Venue Change and Early Voting Options
Amidst continuing concerns regarding COVID-19, this year’s annual meeting is designed to encourage social distancing and allow members to participate ...
Monday | August 3, 2020
Voting Schedule & Registration Information
Members may cast their votes for board candidates in the 2020 election at the times and locations listed here.
Monday | August 3, 2020
Disconnections and late fees resumed July 28
Southwestern Electric resumed disconnections and late fees on July 28 for traditional and Pay As You Go accounts.
Friday | July 31, 2020
Southwestern Crews Addressing Friday Afternoon Outage
About 350 members in Madison and St. Clair counties lost power at 3:15 p.m. today. Line crews have been dispatched to isolate the source of the outage...