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You can't control factors like the weather, but small changes can help prevent big electric bills, or at least help you understand why sometimes the bill goes up. Avoid potential bill shock by listening to the Power for Your Life podcast. Hear Sean Vanslyke and Angie Byford, from SEMO Electric Cooperative, discuss strategies to help members take control of their energy usage and share some low-cost energy savings tips. https://membersfirst.coop/avoiding-bill-shock.

Watch this one-minute video to learn five great ways to help keep you and others safe during harvest.

Stay tuned to the weather updates and take it easy out there... it now looks like the Excessive Heat Warning may continue through Saturday.

If solar isn’t installed correctly it can back-feed onto the lines and cause damage to property or serious injury to people. Learn more in the video and at www.hoecoop.org/residentialsolar.

Go electric! There are various electric options when it comes to both indoor and outdoor appliances.

It's Safe Digging Day! Before you put shovel to dirt, call 811 to get underground utilities marked: https://missouri-811.org.

Harvest season is coming! Which means there is no better time to brush up on your equipment safety, especially when it comes to being aware of near power lines and power poles.

Scarlet Bouchard of Bakersfield was among the 93 high school students from across Missouri who participated in the Missouri Electric Cooperative CYCLE (Cooperative Youth Conference and Leadership Experience) program. The conference was held July 19-21, 2023, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Jefferson City. She was sponsored by Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative.

Would your child know what to do if a school bus approached a downed power line? Watch this powerful video and learn how knowing what to do could save a life: https://safeelectricity.org/public-education/videos-library/tlc-safe-bus/.