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With storms passing through the HOEC service area, we now have 671 members without power in Eminence, Dora, Vanzant, Cull and Willow Springs. Dispatch is aware of the outages and crews will restore power as soon as they can safely do so. We appreciate your patience. Be sure to stay away from downed power lines.

Here we go again with storms. We currently have 489 members without power in the Vanzant and Willow Springs areas. Dispatch is aware of the outages. Be sure to stay away from downed power lines.

We are now down to 245 members remaining without power out of the 788 members who lost power from this afternoon's severe storms. Crews continue to work to resolve all outages. Thank you for your patience, and be sure to stay away from downed power lines.

We currently have 788 members without power across much of our service area due to this afternoon's fast moving storms, including members near Winona, south of Caulfield, southeast of Peace Valley and areas east and south of West Plains. Dispatch is aware of the outages and crews are en route. Thank you for your patience, and be sure to stay away from downed power lines.

The following is a list of cooperative members who won prizes during the meeting:

This morning at about 7:32 am we noticed that our fiber internet connection dropped, and contacted Sho-Me Technologies to report the issue. Our website was unvailable to members at the time, and our phones were limited to one incoming line. Sho-Me investigated, found the source of the problem and restored service at 8:06 am, bringing our full phone system back online and restoring access to our website. We apologize to members for any inconvenience you have may have experienced trying to reach us during the network downtime.

Sho-Me Power, our electric provider, lost power in the Mountain View substation briefly a few minutes ago. The issue has already been resolved and power should be coming back online for our members. Thank you for your patience. If you need to report a continued outage you may do so on the SmartHub mobile app or on our website www.hoecoop.org. You can also call 417-256-2131.

HOEC will close at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025 for an all-employee training day. Dispatch will be available in the event of an outage. You can report an outage, check your usage and pay your bill though the SmartHub mobile app for your phone or the SmartHub Web link at the top of our website. The office will open as usual at 8:00 a.m. on Friday.