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www.tricountycoop.com December 2020
MISSION STATEMENT
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3906 Broadway
2021 Plan of Work
Marcia Scott
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
General Manager 618-244-5151
Toll-Free: 800-244-5151
Tri-County Electric voltage drop at peak use times and Fax: 618-244-1496
Cooperative’s Board of Directors increase reliability. Pay by phone:
recently approved the annual • Dix East - Upgrade 1.6 miles 855-385-9902
plan of work for 2021. Each year, of aged single-phase to three-
a number of line projects which phase conductor needed to reduce
should improve the reliability of voltage drop and balance load. Mt. Vernon
the electric distribution system • SCADA Phase 2 - Begin phase Office Hours
are selected and prioritized. Some 2 of 2 replacing our SCADA Monday - Friday
lines are replaced due to age and (Supervisory Control and Data 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
condition. Other lines will be Acquisition) system. This will
replaced with a larger conductor allow us to better monitor and Salem
due to load growth. maintain our grid and also assist Office Hours
The following are items in outage restoration. Tuesday - Thursday
included in our 2021 plan of work: • Sectionalizing - Upgrade
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Pole Replacements - regulators, capacitors, and OCR
Approximately 500 poles will (oil circuit reclosers). (Closed 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.)
be replaced in 2021. Poles are •Substation Improvements -
inspected on an eight-year Maintenance to help improve
rotation cycle and poles that fail reliability will be conducted on BOARD OF DIRECTORS
inspection are replaced. This various substations. This work
President
year, the poles being replaced should also prolong equipment life
are located in southern Marion and increase efficiency. Greg Vieira - Salem
County. The goal of all of the above
• Marlow Northeast - Upgrade mentioned system upgrades is to Vice-President
1 mile of aged-three phase with improve service reliability for the Donnie Laird - Waltonville
larger conductor needed to reduce membership.
Secretary/Treasurer
Sam Phillips - Salem
Tom Beyers - Odin
Phil Carson - Oakdale
The Board of Directors and Employees of Tri-County Electric Doug Knolhoff - Hoyleton
Larry Manning - Belle Rive
Cooperative wish you a safe and Merry Christmas! Rick Russell - Richview
Kathy Withers - Mt. Vernon
Lobby Reopening......
Interior phase one of two will be completed into our normal workspaces and welcome our
by the end of December. You can expect for the members through the lobby door again!
lobby to reopen at our Broadway location in Mt. Phase two will involve minor renovations in
Vernon very soon. As you can see, it’s starting to our Operations, Engineering, and Manager’s
come together! Departments. This phase will be much shorter
Our temporary location has worked out than phase one, and should only take four
great, and we thank you for your patience months.
during the transition! However, there is “no
place like home”. We will be glad to settle back
By the time you receive this month’s newsletter, the
front of the building will most likely be complete!
Here is a photo during the reconstruction, which
Above is a picture of the new terrace offering flat included masonry repairs and a facelift to our
space to safely and accessibly store equipment for existing entrance.
our linemen!
We now have a copy/print/mail room! Having all
functions in one room will improve efficiency. Billing Department Reconfiguration
MAKE SURE YOU’RE READY
WHEN MOTHER NATURE STRIKES
KEEP SAFE DURING WINTER STORMS
Unless it’s an Have a storm kit When using a Install smoke alarms Never use a stove
emergency, stay home prepared with food, portable generator for and carbon monoxide to heat your home.
during ice and snow medicine, first aid power, always place detectors with battery
storms, and wait until supplies, battery it outside, well away backups. Test them Learn more at:
roads are passable. operated clock radio, from the garage, to make sure SafeElectricity.org
Heavy snow and ice and other items you doors, windows and they work.
can bring down may need if you can’t air-intake vents.
power lines, creating leave your home for
hazardous conditions. several days.
Deadline for IEC Memorial Scholarship Applications
The deadline to apply for scholarships munity college who are
awarded by Illinois electric cooperatives is De- the sons or daughters
cember 31, 2020. A total of twelve scholarships of of Illinois electric coop-
$2,000 each will be awarded. erative members, em-
•Six scholarships to high school seniors who ployees or directors.
are the sons or daughters of Illinois electric co- •The final schol-
operative members receiving service from the arship will help pay for
cooperative. costs to attend the lineworker’s school at Lincoln
•One scholarship to a student who is the son Land Community College in Springfield, IL.
or daughter of an Illinois electric cooperative Visit www.tricountycoop.com for more infor-
employee or director. mation.
•Four scholarships are reserved for students
enrolling full-time at a two-year Illinois com-
Tri-County Electric Cooperative offices will be closed:
Friday, December 25th - Christmas Day &
Friday, January 1st - New Years Day
Mascot Pecans make the
perfect stocking stuffer!
16 oz. Mammoth Pecan Halves $9.50 Nuts are available, while supplies last, during
regular business hours
16 oz. Medium Pecan Pieces $9.25 at both office locations of the cooperative.
12 oz. Salted Jumbo Cashews $7.50 The proceeds from the employee Mascot
4 oz. Pecan Log $3.50 Pecan Fundraiser are donated to community
12 oz. Chocolate Covered Pecans $7.00 organizations that serve the membership of
Tri-County Electric Cooperative.
8 oz. Pecan Caramel Clusters $6.00
2021 Forestry Cycle
Asplundh, Endrizzi, and Lily Tree Service will Vernon
begin forestry work in January 2021. The substa-
Kinmundy
tions in the 2021 program are: Ashley, Patoka, Patoka
Patoka Sub
Reserve, Irvington, Odin, Mt. Vernon, and Kinmundy Sub
Alma
Nashville. Omega
Brubaker
The Forestry Program is a cycle program de-
Odin Sub
veloped to trim, remove trees, mow brush, and South
apply herbicides to each substation area in a four- Odin
Salem
Salem
Iuka
year cycle. Salem Industrial Sub Sub
Junction City
Salem Sub Cartter Iuka Sub
Centralia
Kell
New Memphis
Walnut Hill
Shields
Nashville
Okawville Sub
Covington
Hoyleton Irvington Dix Sub
Dix Texico
Hoyleton Sub
New Minden
Cravat Boyd Jaycee
Venedy Irvington Sub Sub
Richview
Marlow
Plum Hill
Beaucoup Shiloh Sub
St. Libory Nashville
Ashley
Woodlawn Sub
Sub Mt V
Lively Grove Sub Bluford
Nashville Sub Sub Mount Vernon
Veterans
Elkton
Ashley Sub Sub Reserve
Oakdale
Opdyke
Sub
Barva
Du Bois
Waltonville Sub Belle Rive
Sub
Bonnie
This program was developed to reduce storm Scheller Nason
Ina Bonnie Sub
Spring Garden
damage, blinks, and maintenance costs.
If you have any questions regarding the coop-
erative’s Cycle Forestry Program, please contact Whittington
Ben Ceglinski, Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s
Forestry Supervisor, at 618-244-5151.
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