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Saturday | May 21, 2022
Crews Continue to Troubleshoot Issue Affecting Southwestern’s Pocahontas Substation
Southwestern Electric operations and engineering teams continue to work toward identifying the source of a fault affecting the cooperative's Pocahonta...
Saturday | May 21, 2022
Crews Working to Isolate Issue Affecting Southwestern’s Pocahontas Substation
Ameren and Southwestern operations and engineering teams are on site this afternoon, working to isolate the source of an outage affecting the cooperat...
Saturday | May 21, 2022
Ameren Transmission Line Failure Interrupts Power to Pocahontas Substation; 1,225 Members Without Power
About 1,100 members served by Southwestern Electric’s Pocahontas Substation have been without power since 10:55 a.m.
Saturday | May 21, 2022
Transmission Line Failure Interrupts Power to Pocahontas Substation
As of 11 a.m., about 1,500 Southwestern Electric members are without power, including 1,100 members served by the co-op’s Pocahontas Substation. The s...
Saturday | May 21, 2022
Crews Repairing Lines Near Mulberry Grove; Estimate 4-Hour Restoral Time
Southwestern Electric crews are repairing system damage southeast of Mulberry Grove this morning after a tree fell through lines near Highway 40. The ...
Saturday | May 21, 2022
More Than 1,300 Members Without Power
About 1,350 Southwestern Electric members are without power this morning after a line of storms swept across the I-70 corridor, breaking branches and ...
Saturday | May 21, 2022
Storms Leave 1,200 Members Without Power
Strong storms that moved across Southern Illinois this morning have left 1,200 Southwestern Electric members without power.
Friday | May 20, 2022
Crews Make Progress; Prepare to Work Overnight in Areas With Extensive Damage
About 250 Southwestern Electric members remain without power tonight after strong storms swept across Southern Illinois earlier this evening, damaging...
Friday | May 20, 2022
Storm Damage Spread Across Wide Area; Linemen Continue to Make Repairs
The strong storms that swept across Southern Illinois earlier this evening damaged equipment and brought down limbs and power lines at 29 locations sp...
Friday | May 20, 2022
Southwestern Linemen Continue to Make Repairs
Southwestern Electric linemen are restoring power to members throughout the co-op’s service area this evening after strong storms, lightning and high ...
Friday | May 20, 2022
Strong Storms Sweep Across Southwestern’s Service Area
About 260 Southwestern Electric members are without power this evening as strong storms sweep across southern Illinois, bringing down limbs and power ...
Wednesday | April 27, 2022
More than 250 Southwestern Electric members southwest of Vandalia will be without power starting at 9 p.m.
More than 250 Southwestern Electric members southwest of Vandalia will be without power starting at 9 p.m. for repairs to the line.