Recent Posts
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Friday | August 27, 2021
Online Payment Portal Active
The internet outage affecting Southwestern Electric’s online payment portal has been resolved.