Author Archives: Don Johnson

TVEC Employee Contracts COVID-19 Find a full statement here regarding one of our own in the TVEC family directly impacted by the virus. We encourage all our members to continue taking proactive measures to prevent the spread of this pandemic. Planned Outage – Planned Outage June 23, north of Wills Point and Edgwood Members between […]

TVEC members south of Lake Tawakoni and eastward to area north of Edgewood and Fruitvale will experience a brief outage beginning at 4:30 a.m. on June 23. The outage is necessary as Oncor crews re-route electric transmission feeds in order to make repairs on their lines. The outage is expected to last no more than […]

A Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative employee self-quarantined after feeling ill with symptoms of COVID-19, and has now been confirmed to have contracted the virus. The employee is currently recovering at home. As part of our pandemic response procedures, we took early and aggressive steps to enhance social distancing and implement work-from-home practices for our employees. […]

Mabank Substation Upgrades / Planned Outage This morning’s work to energize a new substation transformer serving areas north of Mabank went smoothly thanks to a well-coordinated effort by TVEC substation crews and lineworkers. Power had been in a temporary configuration so that a new substation transformer could be installed. Today’s work, which involved a short […]

Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative will hold an election for the board members representing districts 1 (incumbent: Carolyn Minor), 4 (incumbent: Jo Ann Hanstrom) and 5 (incumbent: Ed Reeve) at the annual meeting to be held in October. As a member, if you are interested in having your name placed before the Nominating Committee to represent […]

  The TVEC IT team will be performing system maintenance and updates beginning at 6 p.m.Thursday, May 28. This will temporarily affect TVEC member account access until updates are complete. The activity should take less than three hours. This will affect the TVEC Member Portal through TVEC.NET, the myTVEC mobile app and the automated service phone […]

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, along with less restrictive precautions on getting out of the house. Even though it may be rainy, there should be some time to get out to one of the area memorials, look at the names on those walls and stones and remember that freedom isn’t free. TVEC offices will […]

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there, including my own awesome mom who is also a TVEC member. Thanks for doing all the thankless tasks and unseen labors that make our lives so much better. “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with […]

With the ongoing effects of  business shutdowns and government stay-at-home requirements, the Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Board of Directors again approved Operation Round Up™ funding grants to assist TVEC members. At their regular April TVEC Charitable Foundation board meeting, board members approved an additional $5,000 in grants to organizations that offer utility bill payment assistance, […]

TVEC continues to monitor state guidelines and CDC recommendations regarding business operations. The State of Texas has begun to roll back restrictions on businesses, and we anticipate that the situation will be very fluid over the next several months. As providers of an essential resource, electrical service, we want to be wise about balancing the […]

A short outage is planned for areas served by our Mabank substation at 2 p.m. Friday, May 1. The outage should take less than 20 minutes. Any changes to this schedule will be updated here on this post and on TVEC social media channels. As part of planned upgrades to our substation infrastructure, crews will […]

How is everyone doing out there in TVEC land? As the social distancing and isolation continues, I hope you are all finding ways to counter the hard parts with some newfound joys, hobbies or family time. COVID-19 Resource Page We have added a few links to the COVID-19 resource page that may be of interest […]