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Business Lighting Rebate Program |
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Southwest Electric Cooperative is participating in the Take Control and Save Business Lighting Program. You may be surprised to learn that lighting can take a larger share of a building's electricity use than any other single end use. Significant cost savings can be achieved with energy-efficiency improvements, and lighting usually provides the highest return-on-investment of major upgrades. With the Take Control & Save business lighting program, Southwest Electric Cooperative could offer rebates up to 40 percent of your total lighting upgrade. |
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Residential Appliance and Heating Rebate Program The appliance and heating rebate program encourages residential members to purchase Energy Star qualified equipment that qualifies under the Southwest Electric Cooperative energy efficiency program. Items available in the program include clothes washers, dishwashers, ground source heat pumps and dual fuel heat pumps. |
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Youth Tour
"The trip of a lifetime" 
Southwest Electric Cooperative is proud to be one of the many electric cooperatives in Missouri to sponsor an essay contest to select two delegates for the annual Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The experience takes place each year in June. These fortunate high school students represent Southwest Electric Cooperative on an all expenses paid whirlwind tour of the nation's capital. They tour museums, visit America's most cherished monuments, and even meet their elected officials. All the while they are learning about electric cooperatives and their role in the community. |
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Rural Missouri is the statewide publication of Missouri's electric cooperatives. Each month this entertaining and informative tabloid is delivered to more than 500,000 rural homes in Missouri. Along with lively features and award-winning photography, Missouri's electric co-op members receive up-to-date information about the cooperative electric utility industry. These articles, along with editorials, commentary and the information contained on cooperative local pages ensures that members are better informed about the business they own. In addition, Rural Missouri advertising offers businesses a direct line to rural consumers. |
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Setting Up Existing Service |
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Members requesting that existing service be transferred or turned on in their name must sign an application for service and pay a $20.00 set up fee for each meter. A meter number, identified as the serial number on the face of the meter, or a mapping location number, identified as the metal tag on the pole next to the meter box, will be required to accurately locate the meter in which service is being requested. |
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When you move, please notify one of our offices. You will be billed to the final reading on the meter. If service is being transferred, the new residents must contact the office to avoid any service interruptions. If you move and fail to notify us, you are liable for any energy used. Please provide a forwarding adress for the return of any credit that may be owed to you after your account has been closed. Please keep us informed of any future address changes as well, so we will be able to forward your capital credit checks to your current location.
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How much heat do you get for your dollar? |
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Is it time to replace your worn out heating system? Or maybe you’re thinking about buying a supplemental heater for the most frequently used areas of your house. What type of heating system should you buy? If you are in the market for a home heating appliance, you will need to know how to compare the cost and value of different heating fuels. This bulletin explains how to calculate which fuel source will provide the best value. |
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Electricity often travels long distances before reaching your home or business. Southwest Electric Cooperative buys wholesale power, which is produced at generating facilities and distributed through substations and power lines to members on our system. Click Here to learn more about how electricity is delivered to your home or business.
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Check out the Safe Electricity website for more electric safety information, including testimonial videos of people who have experienced electrical incidents.
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The Easy Connection Act passed by the Missouri Legislature in 2007 requires all Missouri utilities to offer true net metering and provide for a simplified interconnection process for consumers wanting to install a renewable energy fueled generator with a capacity of 100 kW or less behind their retail meter. Net metering under this Act is applicable only to the retail meter that the renewable generator is located directly behind. One generator cannot offset usage on multiple retail meters, even though these retail meters may be owned by the same consumer or are in the same location. During any given month, energy from the generator is given full retail credit by the local utility up to the consumer's monthly usage. If energy in excess of a consumer's monthly usage is generated during the month, a credit will be applied to the excess. This credit will not be at the full retail rate, but instead will be at the utility's avoided cost for the month. All credits expire if not used twelve months after they are received. Download a net metering application.
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Whether you are building, remodeling, or improving the energy efficiency of your home, you want to make the most of the time and money you invest. The Home Energy Guide is provided by Southwest Electric and other Missouri electric cooperatives to help you make important energy related decisions. This guide offers suggestions on topics from heating and cooling systems to doors and windows. If you would like a copy of the Home Energy Guide mailed to you, please contact the Member Services Department at 1-800-262-0326 or click here to contact us by email.
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Right-of-way maintenance is very important to Southwest Electric Cooperative. Right-of-way maintenance crews are contracted by Southwest to keep power lines clear of trees and brush. Many times a tree limb hitting an electric line can cause blinking lights in the homes of our members. If you see a tree touching an electric line or in danger of falling into the electric line, contact any of our offices or click here to contact us by email.
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Southwest Electric is expanding its future outlook to some customers that are interested in fiber optics. There is a limited area at this time available for some schools and businesses to utilize fiber optic service. However, the expected future outlook of expansion into broader availability is on the horizon. For more information regarding our fiber optic services, or to request specific information regarding area availability, please contact the Member Services Department at 1-800-262-0326 or click here to contact us by email.
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Surge protection outlets are also available to members of Southwest Electric Cooperative. For more information regarding our surge protection program, or to request specific literature, please contact the Member Services Department at 1-800-262-0326 or click here to contact us by email.
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Automatic Dusk To Dawn Security Lights |
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Automatic Dusk to Dawn security lights are available for Southwest Electric Cooperative members. The security lights must be installed on an existing Southwest Electric Cooperative utility pole. An installation fee of $20.00 must be paid before installation of the security light. Lights installed on a pole that is already being served by a transformer will cost $7.00 per month, per light. If a separate transformer is needed just for the security light, a one time transformer fee of $100.00 is required and the monthly charge will be $10.00 per light. The security lights will be furnished, installed and maintained by Southwest Electric Cooperative. All maintenance will be performed during regular working hours on regular service routing. The member is responsible for reporting any malfunction of the security light and no compensation will be made for days inoperative.
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