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Friday | July 29, 2022
Crews Restore Power to Pocahontas Substation
Crews have restored power to Southwestern Electric’s Pocahontas Substation. If you were affected by the outage and your service hasn’t been restored, ...
Friday | July 29, 2022
Ameren Transmission Fault Interrupts Power to Pocahontas Substation
About 1,100 Southwestern Electric members lost service today when a fault in an Ameren transmission line interrupted power to the cooperative’s Pocaho...
Friday | July 29, 2022
Pocahontas Substation Outage Affecting 1,100 Members
Members served by Southwestern Electric Cooperative’s Pocahontas Substation lost power shortly after 11 a.m. Crews have been dispatched to isolate the...
Thursday | July 28, 2022
Lineman Repair Issue Causing Blinks In Collinsville-Maryville Area
A mechanical issue affecting Southwestern Electric’s Peters Substation resulted in blinking lights for several hundred co-op members in the areas of C...
Tuesday | July 26, 2022
Crews Restore Power in Fayette County
Fayette County members affected by this morning’s transmission line outage, which interrupted power to Southwestern’s Sefton and Confidence substation...
Tuesday | July 26, 2022
Crews Identify Transmission Line Fault; Make Repairs
Southwestern Electric crews and Ameren personnel have identified a transmission line fault that interrupted power to the cooperative’s Sefton and Conf...
Tuesday | July 26, 2022
Transmission Line Interrupts Power to Sefton & Confidence Substations
An Ameren transmission line fault interrupted power to Southwestern Electric Cooperative’s Sefton and Confidence substations shortly before 5 a.m., le...
Tuesday | July 26, 2022
1,650 Fayette County Members Without Power
A storm that moved across Southern Illinois this morning has left close to 1,650 Fayette County members without power. Crews have been dispatched to s...
Saturday | July 9, 2022
Damaged Transmission Line Interrupts Power to More than 1,100 Co-op Members
More than 1,100 Southwestern Electric members remain without power this evening after a strong storm damaged an Ameren transmission line which supplie...
Saturday | July 9, 2022
Storms Interrupt Power to 1,150 Members
Strong storms that swept across Southern Illinois this evening have left 1,150 Southwestern Electric members without power.
Saturday | June 18, 2022
Linemen Restore Power to 1,450 Members Overnight; Crews Remain in The Field This Morning
Crews restored power to 1,450 members overnight, and remain in the field this morning, working to restore power to 50 co-op members.
Saturday | June 18, 2022
Crews Continue Restoration Work; Members Asked to Prepare for Overnight Outage
Southwestern Electric is asking members who are still without power to prepare for an overnight outage. Members who depend on electricity to power a m...