For several months, we have been addressing a coming rate increase scheduled for this January due primarily to increasing power supply costs.

As we head into scarf season, make sure your home is ready to keep your family warm this winter.

Every dollar of your monthly payment to Sioux Valley Energy goes towards a specific purpose – the majority is used to pay for power. A good chunk goes towards indirect expenses while the remainder of it pays for salaries and benefits for Sioux Valley Energy employees, system maintenance, programming, and operating margins.

Fall is a great time to focus on energy-saving efforts to prepare for colder weather and avoid higher utility bills. A do-it yourself walk-through of your home can reveal many simple, low-cost opportunities to save energy.

Sioux Valley Energy is one of many electric utilities throughout the nation that are facing increasing rate pressures this year and likely into future years.

Sioux Valley Energy and its members are making an impact in their local communities. During the most recent quarterly meeting of the Sioux Valley Energy Customers’ Trust Board of Directors, $20,300 in grants were awarded by the Cooperative’s Operation Round Up® program. An additional $5,000 was reserved for scholarships.

It’s named after those little pieces of atoms called electrons, and that’s the place to start in understanding how power plants make something that reliably lights your home with the flip of a switch.