In 2024, your Cooperative is making changes to better serve

our members. Changes include a new member–analytics portal (available January 15) and a new bill design with more account information (coming in February)! As we head into

2024, SEC is committed to providing safe, reliable, affordable

and innovative power solutions through empowering

our people and commitment to the Cooperative Principles.

Opportunities for High School Seniors in 2024

The Southside Opportunity Fund (SOF) was created by SEC’s Board of Directors in 2016 to increase the Cooperative’s ability to support the future academic endeavors of students whose primary residence is served by SEC. The fund is supported through fundraising efforts and donations from individuals and businesses.

Since its establishment, the SOF program has awarded 171 grants totaling $199,000.

Scholarship Details:



• Applications being accepted from Jan. 1 - Mar. 27.

• Scholarships of $1,000 will be awarded in the spring to high school and home school graduates who receive SEC’s electricity at their homes.



• Click HERE for more information and to apply.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Youth Tour

• What is Youth Tour? An enriching Washington, D.C., adventure!
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• Who Participates? High schoolers from across the nation.
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• Why Apply? Participants will discover the important role Electric Cooperatives play in America, as well as visit the Nation's capital up close, learn about the political process and interact with their elected officials. In the process, great fun is had!
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Since the late 1950s, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has brought high schoolers to Washington, D.C., in June to participate in the NRECA Youth Tour program. Electric Cooperatives from across the nation participate in the Youth Tour program by bringing high school students from their communities to the capital.

Youth Tour Details:

• Dates: Jun. 17-21; application deadline: Jan. 31.

• This year, students will visit many of D.C.’s iconic sites, as well as catch a Major League Baseball game, watch a Kennedy Center performance, dine while cruising the Potomac and much more. SEC pays all expenses for its students.

• Click HERE for more information and to apply.

Warehouse Reliability

Keeping the lights on and the energy flowing depends in large part on the reliability of well-stocked warehouses in each of SEC's four district offices. Providing the Cooperative with necessary, stocked warehouse supplies enables SEC to keep the electricity flowing under the best and worst situations for members.

SEC has three full-time warehouse clerks and one part-time clerk. It is their responsibility to make sure materials are available. They maintain excellent relationships with suppliers, who stock specifically for SEC.

Warehouse Supervisor Watt Gills has worked for SEC for 30 years. He says, “Every day, there are new challenges, such as supply-chain issues, but we remain well stocked and prepared."

Warehouse employees photographed above (left to right): Warehouse Clerk Central District Brian McKinley, Utility Worker John Vanderpool, Warehouse Supervisor Watt Gills, Warehouse Clerk Western District Caleb Di Lella and Warehouse Clerk Eastern District Joe Puleo.

SEC Continues to Enhance Reliability

As SEC continues to focus on reliable power, your Cooperative recently installed protective fuses at six substations as a backup defense when there is an abnormal situation. Not only will these fuses protect against faults, but the protection is also designed to limit the size of an outage if a fault occurs downline.

In addition, the installation of these protective fuses allows substation personnel to safely bypass energized equipment for maintenance and upgrades where normally there would be an outage.

For more information about the benefits of insulation,

Click Here.

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