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Thursday | February 3, 2022

Crews Converge on Bond County to Expedite Repairs

Southwestern Electric crews are working throughout Bond County this evening to repair damage caused by the day’s wind and ice.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Crews Continue to Repair Damage from Galloping Lines; New Douglas & Reno Area Hard Hit

Nearly 800 Southwestern Electric members are presently without power due to strong winds and ice delivered by today’s winter storm.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Crews Restore Power to Worden & Holiday Shores

Crews have restored power to the cooperative’s substations at Worden and Holiday Shores.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Southwestern Working with Ameren to Resolve Transmission Line Issues Affecting Madison County Substations

Southwestern Electric engineering and operations teams are working with Ameren personnel to resolve transmission line issues that have taken the coope...
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Edwardsville Substation to Go Offline at 1 p.m.

Southwestern Electric crews will take the cooperative’s Edwardsville Substation offline at 1 p.m. to repair damaged crossarms that support a co-op tra...
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Southwestern’s Worden and Holiday Shores Substations Offline

Southwestern Electric Cooperative’s substations at Worden and Holiday Shores lost power at 11:20 a.m.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Crews Replacing Broken Pole South of Herrick

About 270 Southwestern members south of Herrick are currently without power.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Southwestern Crews Repairing Damage from Galloping Lines

More than 1,100 Southwestern Electric members are presently without power due to strong winds and ice brought by today’s winter storm.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Transmission Line Outage Interrupts Power to 700 Southwestern Members

An Ameren transmission line outage is currently affecting members served by the cooperative’s Reno Substation.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Southwestern Crews Make Progress With Madison County Repairs

Southwestern Electric crews are making significant progress with repairs to the co-op’s distribution system in Madison County.
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Wednesday | February 2, 2022

Nearly 3,000 Members Without Power

Nearly 3,000 Southwestern Electric members lost power this morning as the early stages of a winter storm pushed into Illinois. At about 6 a.m., 2,900 ...
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Tuesday | February 1, 2022

Why Reliable Restoration Estimates Are Hard To Come By

During an outage, each member would like to know when their power will be restored so they can plan accordingly. Unfortunately, that’s a difficult que...
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ABOUT US

Based in Greenville, Ill., Southwestern Electric is a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative serving 24,745 residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial members in 11 counties along the I-70 corridor between St. Louis, Mo., and Effingham, Ill.

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Southwestern Electric is a member-focused, not-for-profit utility. Our bylaws guide our business and daily operations. As your accountable energy partner, our mission is to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve.

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CONTACT US

You can reach us at (800) 637-8667. We respond to outage calls around the clock. Our office hours are Mon - Fri., 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

You're welcome to visit our office at:

525 US Route 40
Greenville, IL 62246

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