Member Services

Holly Wettig started at Egyptian Electric on Monday, November 4 as our new Customer Service Representative. She is a lifelong resident of Percy, and also current member of Egyptian Electric Cooperative. Holly is married to her husband Ronnie, of 15 years, and has two children; Josie (13) and Ryder (10). She came to us from […]

Shane Hermetz, Egyptian Electric Cooperative’s Executive Vice-President/General Manager, has announced that the Illinois electric cooperatives in 2020 will award eleven academic scholarships to high school seniors through a memorial scholarship fund designed to financially assist deserving students in the “electric cooperative family.” In addition, a twelfth scholarship – to assist with costs in attending an […]

Egyptian Electric Cooperative will be offering our Touchstone Energy Classroom Empowerment Grants to the local schools within our service territory! Last year we began offering TEN $500 Classroom Empowerment Grants to teachers and/or school administrators of public and private K-12 schools to help with projects that will improve educational opportunities for students. Applicants are eligible […]

Have you ever wanted to know what it like to be a lineman? If so, check out this great interview on the Will Stephen’s Radio Show on WXAN from Tuesday, August 21, 2019! Thank you to our EECA lineman, Andy Ahner, WXAN Radio Station, and Will Stephens for the interview on the 24/7 nature of […]

During the 81st Annual Meeting of the Members, members re-elected Ken Jarrett of Jacob and Kevin Liefer of Red Bud to EECA’s board of directors. Kevin Bame of Ava was re-elected to the board. He was appointed to the position following the retirement of Allen Haake this past May. These men will serve three-year terms.  […]

Congratulations to the TEN winners of the 82 applicants for this year’s $1,0000 scholarship drawings! To read about the rest of the 2019 Annual Meeting, visit the Annual Meeting webpage! ◊ Grace Pense of Carbondale, 2019 Carbondale graduate, daughter of Seburn & Vicki Pense of Carbondale, attending John A. Logan Community College. ◊ Katie Daniels […]

Starting July 1, we moved from three bill cycles to two: • Cycle 1 bills will continue to have usage from the 1st of the month to the last day of the month. The due date will be extended from the 20th to the 23rd allowing three extra days. • Cycles 2 and 3 have […]

You are invited to attend the 81st Annual Meeting of the Members at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 18 at our headquarters facility at 1732 Finney Road, Murphysboro, Ill. Registration will open and food service begin at 4:30 p.m. All registered cooperative members will receive a $20 credit on their August bill (one per membership). […]

Kally Mayo, one of three Egyptian Electric Cooperative Youth Tour delegates, was chosen among her 60 Illinois Youth Tour counterparts to the Youth Leadership Council (YLC). Youth Tour is currently being conducted in Washington D.C. this week, June 14-June 21. She will represent Egyptian Electric Cooperative and the state of Illinois nationally through our national […]

In February the board of directors accepted application for an upcoming vacant board seat due to the anticipated departure of Allen Haake from the area. Allen has been a resident of Murphysboro since 1977, and an Egyptian Electric Cooperative board member since 1998. Interviews were conducted to replace him on April 10th here at our […]