Author Archives: Don Johnson

Planned Outage / Voltage Conversion Some members in the Baxter and New York areas will be affected by a planned work outage 9-11 a.m. Wednesday morning, January 29. It is part of a voltage upgrade on lines in that area, which will help accommodate future growth. Members affected by this outage should have already received […]

It is Martin Luther King Jr. day.. his actual birthday is January 15. I hope your day includes a bit of reflection on MLK and what his life meant. I know it has been a good conversation starter with my eight-year-old. Texas Co-op Power Magazine – Online In case you don’t have a chance to […]

Friday night was stormy, as expected, but not as bad as it could have been. Outages were widespread, affecting about 1,700 TVEC members and keeping crews busy picking up downed lines, putting in a few new poles and replacing a lot of blown fuses. Overall however, it was much more like a spring thunderstorm event […]

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 […]