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Saturday | December 11, 2021

Crews working to restore power to 340 Members

All available Southwestern Electric Cooperative crews are working to restore power to 340 members in Bond, Effingham, Fayette, and Madison Counties wh...
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Saturday | December 11, 2021

Severe Storms Sweep Across Service Territory

About 247 Southwestern Electric members are without power this evening as severe storms sweep across the I-70 corridor, bringing down limbs and power ...
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Thursday | October 28, 2021

482 Member Served by Worden Substation Lose Power

482 Southwestern Electric members served by the cooperative’s Worden Substation lost power 8:39 a.m. this morning. Crews have identified the source of...
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Monday | October 25, 2021

Severe Thunderstorms Present Downed Wired Danger

Severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes and straight-line wind damage are sweeping across the I-70 corridor this evening. As of 10 p.m., l...
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Friday | October 15, 2021

Ameren Transmission Line Fault Interrupts Power to Ramsey Substation

About 530 Southwestern Electric members served by the cooperative’s Ramsey Substation lost power shortly after 9:15 a.m. this morning. Crews have iden...
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Friday | October 15, 2021

505 Southwestern Electric Members Served by Ramsey Substation Lose Power

505 Southwestern Electric members served by Ramsey Substation in Fayette County are currently without power.
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Friday | September 24, 2021

Reminder: Payment Processing Systems Unavailable Sept 24-26

Southwestern's payment processing systems will be unavailable from 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26.
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Monday | September 20, 2021

Southwestern Crews Restore Power To 4145 Madison County Members

Southwestern crews have restored power to all members affected by this morning's outage.
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Monday | September 20, 2021

Blown Fuse Interrupts Service To 4145 Madison County Members

At 7:45 a.m. a blown fuse interrupted power to 4145 members served by Bethalto and Holiday Shores substations in Madison County.
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Sunday | September 19, 2021

Payment Processing Systems Unavailable Sept 24-26

Southwestern's payment processing systems will be unavailable from 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26.
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Monday | September 13, 2021

Southwestern Members Embrace Early Voting & Learn of Rate Adjustment, System Improvements

An early voting option offered by Southwestern Electric Cooperative brought 2,595 members to the polls in recent weeks, marking the strongest turnout ...
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Friday | August 27, 2021

Online Payment Portal Active

The internet outage affecting Southwestern Electric’s online payment portal has been resolved.
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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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