News Archive

Update, 9:30am:  Sho-Me Power is having an issue at their substation near Tecumseh and that is accounting for most of the members without power. There are still some at Dora and Couch and HOEC crews are working to restore power. Thank you for your patience.

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We currently have 722 members without power in the Tecumseh and Dora area. Dispatch is aware of the outages and crews are en route.  The rain is predicted to continue throughout the weekend and cause flooding. Stay safe and never drive into flood waters.

HOEC Linemen Zach Dotson and Josh Hackworth (shown) and Dwight Eden (not pictured) recently attended the Overhead and Aerial Basket School at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives (AMEC) Training Center in Jefferson City.

HOEC linemen Chesley Neal and Josh Sisney recently participated in AMEC's Regulator, Oil Circuit Recloser (OCR) and Capacitor School at the AMEC Training Center in Jefferson City.

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 HOEC office will be closed Monday May 26th for Memorial Day, as we remember and honor those who served and gave all. Dispatchers will be available in the event of a power outage. Outages may be reported with the SmartHub link at top-right, or in the SmartHub mobile app, or by phone at 417-256-2131 or toll-free 1-888-463-7693.

We wish you all a safe holiday weekend.

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