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Southwestern Electric crews are responding to outages in Madison County this hour as strong storms push through the region, bringing down trees and po...

In conjunction with the governor’s announcement that the State has moved into Phase 4 of Restore Illinois effective Friday, June 26, disconnections an...

A transformer failure interrupted service to about 225 Southwestern Electric members in Fayette County this morning. The outage is affecting members s...

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Southwestern Illinois in effect until 7 p.m. The advisory predicts sustained winds of 20 t...

Just as the state is moving toward returning to the previous norm, so is Southwestern. During this transition, our employees will continue to answer y...

Southwestern Electric Cooperative has implemented a moratorium on service disconnections for non-payment and late fees for both residential and commer...

Shortly before 5:30 p.m., a thunderstorm dropped a tree through an Ameren transmission line serving two Southwestern Electric substations.

​​​​​​​Southwestern Electric Cooperative members in the Maryville area will experience a pair of brief, planned power outages in late May.

About 50 Southwestern Electric members are without power this afternoon after high winds pushed through Fayette County, breaking utility poles and dow...

Southwestern has extended its moratorium on disconnections and late fees through May 31st. You're encouraged to pay what you can during this time to b...

Southwestern Electric will continue to operate using the co-op’s remote work plan through the end of May. Our workforce will continue to answer your c...

About 400 Southwestern Electric members are without power this evening after a strong storm pushed through Illinois, trailing sustained high winds in ...