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Powering up after an outage
Once a storm passes, SVEC crews often work long hours to restore power. It begins with the repairs that get the lights on for the greatest number of people in the shortest time possible. Here’s a breakdown of the steps…
How to prepare for hurricane season
Your co-opsvec-coop.com The Florida Division of Emergency Managementfloridadisaster.org Learn about hurricane hazards, what to do when a warning is issued in your area and how to prepare for a storm. The National Hurricane Centernhc.noaa.govFollow the path of any active hurricane…
Storm Kit Checklist
At a minimum, your storm kit should include the following items: Pet care items: Special needs items:
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative Honored at the Best of Riverbend Awards
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) is proud to announce two significant recognitions from the 2025 Best of Riverbend Awards, hosted by The Riverbend News. Chosen through community voting across Lafayette, Hamilton and Suwannee counties. SVEC was named Large Business of the Year, and Christy Tuckey, Manager of Communications & Public Relations, was awarded Young Professional...
Final Steps of Restoration Underway
As of 8:00 p.m. last night, six and a half days after Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage in North Florida, SVEC had successfully restored electric service to all but about 500 of its over 28,000 consumer-members. Most remaining outages involve…
Power Restoration at 95% As Work Continues
Power has been restored to over 27,300 (95%) SVEC consumer-members in the six days since Hurricane Helene blew through Florida's Suwannee River Valley as a Category 4 storm.
Second County Reaches 95% Restored as Work Continues
Power has been restored to over 25,000 (89%) SVEC consumer-members and the full complement of 1,482 lineworkers, tree clearers and support staff are working in all four of the co-op’s counties again today.
First County Reaches 95% Restored as Work Continues
Power has been restored to over 23,000 (80%) Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) consumer-members, and a full complement of 1,482 workers are in the field again today. Sleeping, food, laundry and shower accommodations are being provided to visiting workers at the base camp established on SVEC’s Live Oak Campus.
Power Restoration at Full Speed
1,482 workers from Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC), contractors and assisting utility companies are working this morning to restore power. That’s 43 times the number of the cooperative's employees that work in the field on a normal day.
Power Restoration Update
SVEC has restored power to 59% of its consumer-members served by substations that have transmission service, except for the Burnham substation, which became energized late this afternoon. The Blair substation remains without transmission service.