Youth Tour applications are now available! Visit our Youth to Washington page for the application and additional information. Applications due February 14, 2020.

State Senator Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg, 59th District) received the Illinois Electric Cooperatives’ 2019 Public Service Award on Dec. 3 at SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative office in Carrier Mills. The award was made in recognition of Sen. Fowler’s dedicated public service to all citizens of the state of Illinois and for

Help us reach our organization and the American Red Cross’ hospital commitment goal of at least 25 donors on December 17, 2019 here at our office 1:00-6:00 p.m. for the River Radio blood drive that Tuesday! We will have hot soup and sweet treats for those who participate! You can

Reserve your seat for the 2019 Safety Breakfast geared toward first responders, local municipalities and farmers on Wednesday, December 11. Breakfast will begin service at 8:30 a.m. here at our office, with the live line demonstration and line safety discussions by our Operations Department beginning at 9 a.m. A FREE

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).

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

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

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

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

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