SVE April Safety Awareness
Inside the Grid
This month, Manager of Dispatch, Sharla Haugen, and Manager of Safety, Terry Ebright, discuss safety reminders such as Call Before You Dig, 811, farm, construction, and road side safety. SVE's new coincides with the Department of Transportation's Work Zone Safety week April 15-19, 2024.
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SVE 2024 Rate Adjustment
Inside the Grid
This month, Chief Financial Officer, Jason Maxwell, and General Manager & CEO, Tim McCarthy, talk about the upcoming rate adjustment. The Sioux Valley Energy Board of Directors approved an overall average rate increase of 6.38 percent as of April 1, 2024. We discuss the need for a rate increase to address the rising costs for material, equipment, operations, financing, and power supply. Please visit or call 1-877-511-8062 to learn how the new rates will affect your account.
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SVE Keeping the Lights On with Smart Grid Solutions
Inside the Grid
This month, Chad Williams and Chris Graff discuss how the cooperative "" (PG 10-11). Special guest, Jacob Slaathaug from Smart Grid Solutions also provides an update on the Department of Energy's Energizing Rural Communities grant. Four Sioux Valley Energy communities received wireless fault indicator devices to help improve reliability and outage response times.
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SVE Bill & Smarthub Redesign
Inside the Grid
This month Member Services and Billing Supervisors Toni Kruger and Molly Burmeister discuss how the new paper bill and Smarthub redesigns can help members access, view, understand and pay for their electric usage.
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National Cooperative Month with SVE Directors Fish & Leuthold
Inside the Grid
This month celebrates National Cooperative Month with Board Chairman Gary Fish and Vice-Chair Dan Leuthold. They discuss why cooperatives are important and their perspectives from the board room.
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SVE EV Expo 2023
Inside the Grid
This month Manager of Beneficial Electrification, Ben Pierson and Jay Buchholz talk with residential member Susan Kruse about her electric vehicle experiences and how the public can learn more about "going electric" at the 3rd Annual EV Expo on Tuesday September 19th from 4-7PM at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls, SD.
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SVE EMPOWER Youth Leadership
Inside the Grid
This month Training and Development Coordinator Chinelle Christensen introduces two students from the EMPOWER Youth Leadership Class of 2022-2023. Lily Fods represents Chester Area School District and Ashirvad Sharma is from Brandon Valley High School.
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SVE Smarthub Usage Tools On-Demand
Inside the Grid
This month Member Services and Billing Supervisors Toni Kruger and Molly Burmeister discuss how the Smarthub App can help members access, view, and understand their electric usage.
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SVE Key Account Spotlight with New Vision Co-op
Inside the Grid
This month Sioux Valley Energy spotlights a key account member . We visit with New Vision Co-op's CEO Matt Ashton about agriculture and how New Vision serves their members in southwest Minnesota.
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October National Cooperative Month
Inside the Grid
This month Sioux Valley Energy celebrates October being National Cooperative Month. We sit down with SVE's CEO and General Manager Tim McCarthy to visit about the 7 cooperative principles. We talk about what everyday commitment to community looks like and why cooperatives are a great career choice.
info_outlineThis month, Sioux Valley Energy's Chief Financial Officer, Jason Maxwell, and General Manager & CEO, Tim McCarthy, talk about the upcoming rate adjustment. The Sioux Valley Energy Board of Directors approved an overall average rate increase of 6.38 percent as of April 1, 2024.
We discuss the need for a rate increase to address the rising costs for material, equipment, operations, financing, and power supply. Please visit Sioux Valley Energy's rate change page or call 1-877-511-8062 to learn how the new rates will affect your account.