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Vera Tisdale can still remember the first time her family moved into a house with electricity. For her mother, the home in Brantley meant their activities were no longer dictated by the rising and setting of the sun. But as…

The winter months bring with them family holidays, football on TV and an annual visit from Saint Nick. But it can also bring along higher energy costs that come with warding off the colder temperatures and shifting from daylight saving…

By the time he turned 24, Harry Richardson had grown used to being called small. It hadn’t stopped him from serving for 6 years as an Army engineer, but on the hunt for a new job in Memphis, he kept…

South Alabama residents may have noticed signs for a new third-party candidate popping up in front of houses in their neighborhood. Mixed in among the yard signs for one political candidate or another are an increasing number of campaign-style signs…

Like any electric provider, our cooperative aims to make your electric service as reliable as possible. Planned power outages — though rare — help us achieve that goal. First, technological advances allow us to strengthen the grid. Stronger poles and…

If you own a manufactured home, it probably came with an electric furnace. An electric furnace may bring the price of your home down in the short term, but did you know it can lead to increased heating costs over…

Who: SAEC Members What: SAEC 2020 Annual Meeting When: Tuesday, October 27, 10 a.m. Where: Pike County Cattlemen’s Complex in Troy With the health and welfare of our members and employees in mind, SAEC will change the format of its…

Tanesha Whatley joined South Alabama Electric Cooperative in December 2019. She is a 2005 graduate of Thompson High School in Alabaster, Alabama, and earned both her Bachelor of Science in human services and Master of Science in counseling and psychology…

Serving our members is about more than just providing reliable and affordable power. It’s about making your cooperative available when you need it. One way we’re doing that is with the SAEC Connect app. With it, you can access your…

Board member Bill Hixon dedicated his life to family and farming Some people want to travel the world. Others want to explore every state in the country. But for Bill Hixon, everything he wanted to see was right on his…