Southwest Electric Cooperative is participating in the Take Control and Save Business Lighting Program.

You may be surprised to learn that lighting can take a larger share of a building's electricity use than any other single end use.  Significant cost savings can be achieved with energy-efficiency improvements, and lighting usually provides the highest return-on-investment of major upgrades.  With the Take Control & Save business lighting program, Southwest Electric Cooperative could offer rebates up to 40 percent of your total lighting upgrade.

The appliance and heating rebate program encourages residential members to purchase Energy Star qualified equipment that qualifies under the Southwest Electric Cooperative energy efficiency program. Items available in the program include clothes washers, dishwashers, ground source heat pumps and dual fuel heat pumps.

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Rural Missouri is the statewide publication of Missouri's electric cooperatives. Each month this entertaining and informative tabloid is delivered to more than 500,000 rural homes in Missouri. Along with lively features and award-winning photography, Missouri's electric co-op members receive up-to-date information about the cooperative electric utility industry. These articles, along with editorials, commentary and the information contained on cooperative local pages ensures that members are better informed about the business they own. In addition, Rural Missouri advertising offers businesses a direct line to rural consumers.

Members requesting that existing service be transferred or turned on in their name must sign an application for service and pay a $20.00 set up fee for each meter.

A meter number, identified as the serial number on the face of the meter, or a mapping location number, identified as the metal tag on the pole next to the meter box, will be required to accurately locate the meter in which service is being requested.

Is it time to replace your worn out heating system? Or maybe you’re thinking about buying a supplemental heater for the most frequently used areas of your house. What type of heating system should you buy? If you are in the market for a home heating appliance, you will need to know how to compare the cost and value of different heating fuels. This bulletin explains how to calculate which fuel source will provide the best value.

Electricity often travels long distances before reaching your home or business.  Southwest Electric Cooperative buys wholesale power, which is produced at generating facilities and distributed through substations and power lines to members on our system.  Click Here to learn more about how electricity is delivered to your home or business.

The Easy Connection Act passed by the Missouri Legislature in 2007 requires all Missouri utilities to offer true net metering and provide for a simplified interconnection process for consumers wanting to install a renewable energy fueled generator with a capacity of 100 kW or less behind their retail meter.  Net metering under this Act is applicable only to the retail meter that the renewable generator is located directly behind.  One generator cannot offset usage on multiple retail meters, even though these retail meters may be owned by the same consumer or are in the same location.

During any given month, energy from the generator is given full retail credit by the local utility up to the consumer's monthly usage.  If energy in excess of a consumer's monthly usage is generated during the month, a credit will be applied to the excess.  This credit will not be at the full retail rate, but instead will be at the utility's avoided cost for the month.  All credits expire if not used twelve months after they are received.

Download a net metering application.