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About 270 Southwestern members south of Herrick are currently without power.

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

An Ameren transmission line outage is currently affecting members served by the cooperative’s Reno Substation.

Southwestern Electric crews are making significant progress with repairs to the co-op’s distribution system in Madison County.

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 ...

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...

Strong winds and the weight of snow and ice may bring down branches and trees, and snap power lines and utility poles. Please be alert for sagging or ...

More than 500 Southwestern Electric members in Fayette County are without power this morning due to an Ameren transmission failure at our Ramsey Subst...

Power restored southeast of St. Elmo. Members who shut off their electricity at their main breaker may turn their breakers on.

The new bill format we said you’d see in January? Been delayed. The day after our January issue went to press, we learned the new bill was behind sche...

Southwestern Electric operations and engineering personnel are prepared for what may be a busy day for Southern and Central Illinois utility crews.

Southwestern Electric crews worked throughout the night and remain in the field today, repairing damage from last night’s storm