Author Archives: Don Johnson

Happy New Year, Everybody! Planned Outage Update The second of two planned outages will affect a large portion of the TVEC service area tomorrow morning – from north and east of Athens down to Frankston and surrounding areas. An equipment problem caused this morning’s outage to last about 45 minutes instead of the predicted 30. […]

TVEC’s software systems will be undergoing maintenance and upgrades between 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. January 2. This will affect all payment methods and access to member accounts through the TVEC.NET Member Portal and my TVEC mobile app, as well as our automated phone services. Thank you for your patience while the TVEC IT team keeps […]

The TVEC IT team will be taking care of year-end tasks and updates that will require a temporary outage in our member account systems from 5:30 p.m. on December 31 to about 6 a.m. January 1. This will affect all payment methods, as well as access to member accounts through the TVEC.NET Member Portal and […]

Here’s a Happy New Year to you and yours!  According to the Electrical Safety Foundation 25% of holiday related home fires are the result of decorations, so it might be in your best interest to get that stuff back into storage. And of course, if you had a real tree that really needs to go […]

Christmas is finally here, but never fear … TVEC line crews and dispatchers will certainly be on call for any power outages or emergencies (just as every year!). Planned Outages January 6 and 7 Some major work on transmission lines linking TVEC substations to the power grid will necessitate two large but short power interruptions […]

Update Jan. 7, 10:15 a.m. Power has been restored. Thank you for your patience, and for sharing the info on these outages. If your power has not come back on, please report your outage at 800-967-9324. Transmission Line Changes Will Require Two Large Temporary Outages TWO PLANNED TRANSMISSION LINE CHANGES WILL affect a large number […]

Capital Credits Update TVEC capital credit refunds continue with bills mailed this month. Refund checks for former members should be hitting mailboxes any time now. To answer a question sent to us via Facebook, for those of you with multiple accounts, you will only see a credit on one bill. Capital credits are allocated to […]

Thanks to You! Last week we got to present grants from the TVEC Charitable Foundation to all of the fire departments in the TVEC service area. They were very grateful for your generosity and contributions through Operation Round Up. The average $6 per year from participating TVEC members adds up to a lot of benefit […]

The member survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated!     TVEC will be conducting a member survey through January 18. Members will receive a paper copy of the survey with December bills, and this year we also have a digital version of the survey at the link below. Only one survey […]

December already?!  Well, that was quick, and now it is just a short three weeks before the kids are out for the Holiday break and 2020 will be upon us. Just go ahead and start planning your New Year resolutions and buckle up for a presidential election year.  I hope your Thanksgiving was a good […]

Thanksgiving is here at last! TVEC offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, but line crews and dispatchers will be working to make sure any outages or emergencies are taken care of promptly. Good Catch TVEC Energy Management Advisor Chris Walker had a good catch last week for a member who was seeing unusually high […]

PlannedOutageA planned voltage conversion will have just over 100 members out of power for a short while tomorrow morning, 11/19 as crews work through an area converting transformers to higher voltage operation. This will help accommodate projected growth coming into the area and boost reliability. The area affected is south of Terrell including areas along […]