by Staff Reports | Oct 11, 2021 | Connections
Southside Electric Cooperative held a successful business-only annual membership meeting Sept. 25 in Crewe, with updates for the members and the announcement of results of the board of directors election. Representing District I members in Appomattox, Bedford,...
by Staff Reports | Oct 11, 2021 | Connections
Southside Electric Cooperative President and CEO Jeff Edwards has announced his retirement, effective July 2022, closing a 37-year career at electric cooperatives in North Carolina and Virginia. He served as a cooperative CEO for 24 of those years, including the last...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Sep 23, 2021 | Co-op News, Featured Connections, PC Featured News, Press Releases
With the help of instructor J.T. Jacobs, Shanoa Wright of Louisa County High School operates a hot stick at the Girl Power Camp. (Photo By: Jim Robertson) Eleven high school girls got a taste of what it’s like to be an electric utility lineworker at the first Girl...
by Paul Wesslund | Jun 27, 2021 | PC Resource
Although electric power has been around more than 100 years, it’s a high-tech industry where even the traditional jobs call for expertise and innovation. Veterans and cybersecurity experts make up today’s electric co-op workforce. “The role of the lineworker may seem...
by Mark Thomas | Jan 3, 2021 | Powerful Careers
In her 23 years at Southside Electric Cooperative, Heather Dalton has experienced the inside and outside of the power line industry. Dalton, a staking technician in SEC’s Altavista office, came to the cooperative as a cashier/clerk, equivalent to today’s member...
