Southwest Rural Electric is committed to providing safe, reliable and affordable electricity to our members, but we need your help! In an effort to preserve all three pillars of our mission statement, we are asking you to contact us first before adding additional usage to your meter.

Overloading your meter (and consequently your transformer) can have financial consequences and present safety risks.

For example, if you plan to add a water well or other equipment to your existing irrigation service, please let us know before the install. Commercial loads should always notify us if/when they have plans to expand.

It is very important that residential members contact us if you are planning to purchase an electric vehicle or if you are running a business out of your home that would require more kilowatt-hour usage than a standard residence. Both scenarios require an upgrade in transformer size and switching to a commercial rate class may be required in some situations.

Adding load to an improperly-sized transformer can cause the transformer to explode, cause damage to the distribution system and appliances in the home/business, and put lineworkers at risk. Any equipment that is damaged because of an overloaded meter will be at the expense of the member.

Working together with your co-op keeps our communities safe, our service reliable, and electricity affordable for the members on our lines!