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Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative's (SVEC’s) Cynthia Boyette recently received the Credentialed Cooperative Director certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

The first-ever Suwannee Valley Food Fight benefitting the Florida Gateway Food Bank was a huge success.

Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) has completed restoration of service to its consumers who lost power because of Tropical Storm Elsa.

After breakfast very early this morning, crews fanned out again across Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative's (SVEC’s) 2,100 square mile service territory to restore power to the 1,158 consumers still out as of 5 am. The crews from SVEC, contractors, and mutual-aid cooperatives restored power to 11,369 consumers yesterday and last night.

Crews have restored power to 5,421 consumers since early this morning, but Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) continues to experience a large number of outages caused by Tropical Storm Elsa.

Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) has activated its Emergency Response Plan in anticipation of potentially severe weather from Tropical Storm Elsa.

By Michael McWaters, CEO

By Jamie Wachter, Lake City Reporter

Crews from Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) worked around the clock Christmas eve and early Christmas morning to restore service to consumers who lost power due to the storm that brought high winds and heavy rain to our area. Three power poles were broken by the storm and falling trees and tree limbs took down...

Having been nominated by the Hamilton and Suwannee County school districts, Suwannee Valley Electric Coooperative (SVEC) has received 2 Florida Education Foundation Commissioner’s Business Recognition Awards (CBRA).