Following a tip from a member of the community, the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office began following up on information related to the theft of tools and equipment from the Sequatchie Valley Electric Company. Through the course of the investigation, investigators identified Joseph Tyler Green of McMinnville as a suspect. Investigators with the Grundy County Sheriff’s …
While members of SVEC crew were eating lunch in Altamont between 11 and 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, approximately $15,000 worth of tools and equipment were stolen from a SVEC truck. Among the items taken were several Milwaukee and STIHL brand tools and equipment, and a spool of copper wire. SVEC is asking anyone who may …
While members of SVEC crew were eating lunch in Altamont between 11 and 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, approximately $15,000 worth of tools and equipment were stolen from a SVEC truck. Among the items taken were several Milwaukee and STIHL brand tools and equipment, and a spool of copper wire. SVEC is asking anyone who may …
An 18-wheeler downed a power pole near the Pilot Travel Center in Monteagle Monday night during a thunderstorm. This left many residents and businesses in Southern Grundy County and Northwest Marion County without power. Sequachee Valley Electric crews reported to the scene to restore the power. Storms moving through the service area created numerous scattered …
A vehicle accident occurred on Clouse Hill Road in Grundy County. It caused power outages for multiple members in the Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative coverage area on Tuesday night. A guy-wire wrapped around a primary line due to the accident. The SVEC crew on site restored power around 10:30 pm.
Six High school students in the SVEC service area spent a week in Washington DC learning about legislature, leadership and cooperatives as delegates of the Washington youth tour. This annual event is sponsored by Sequachee Valley Electric and the Tennessee Electric Cooperative. The students were selected for the trip for writing short stories titled “Energizing …
Congratulations to our very own Tim Yates of Whitwell High School for placing 2nd Place statewide in the Washington Youth Tour Short Story Contest, with his story standing out among thousands of entries from across Tennessee. He was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative and the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association. What an …
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. — Six outstanding students from across the Sequatchie Valley region are on their way to the nation’s capital as part of the 2026 Washington Youth Tour, sponsored by Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) and SVEConnect, and other local cooperatives around the country. The students earned the opportunity through SVEC’s annual Washington Youth …
On Tuesday April 7, 2026, 12:22 p.m. Haletown Fire and Rescue responded to a brush fire at the 3000 block of Shellmound Road. Upon arrival a smoldering slow moving fire had developed under a utility pole. Suppression efforts were quickly put underway and the fire was extinguished. SVEC was dispatched to inspect the electric pole, …
Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) reports an attempted theft at one of their substations early Thursday morning. According to an online statement from SVEC, “An individual unlawfully entered one of our substations and attempted to steal a spool of wire. The attempt was unsuccessful.” Officials with the utility say all of their substations are secured …
