ONLINE
BILL PAYMENT OPTION
Americans
are busier than ever and are always looking to technology to assist them
in accomplishing their daily tasks. In that regard, your Cooperative
is now offering an online bill payment option. Visit our web site
at www.seiec.com for more information or call our office at 1-800-833-2611
for specific details.
EDUCATION
& TRAINING
Occasionally
someone asks why it is necessary for Southeastern employees and board members
to attend out-of-State training programs. To answer that question,
it’s important to note that it is Southeastern’s goal to employ the most
competent and qualified employees available in our area. However,
the acquired technical skills of those employees must be honed to meet
the specific needs of Southeastern.
Likewise,
the Cooperative’s board members (Trustees) who are elected from and by
the membership, have already proven themselves successful in business,
but must be educated and periodically updated on the unique structure and
operation of a $98 million dollar not-for-profit corporation, which exists
solely to provide high quality electric service to rural Southern Illinois.
The
Cooperative’s Board of Trustees has the ultimate decision-making authority
for Southeastern. Training enables board members to understand
current concepts and issues, including issues affecting cooperatives nationwide,
and address them effectively.
For
example, all of Southeastern’s linemen and utility servicemen have completed
at least three years of technical education, combined with an equivalent
amount of on-the-job training. In addition, most have completed training
in various specialized areas such as underground cable fault detection,
power quality assessment, energized line maintenance, climbing, and protective
device coordination.
Our
Engineering Technicians are not only schooled in line design, but also
are retrained periodically to keep abreast of ever changing construction
codes and government regulations. Metering of electric energy consumption
is one of the most rapidly changing segments of our industry, and there
too, our employees are well versed in the latest technological applications
and are on par with, or superior to any utility in the area.
In
the data processing arena, our computer services personnel are well trained
in both mainframe and local area network (LAN) applications and both
types of systems are used to address the diverse informational requirements
of your Cooperative.
All
of Southeastern’s forestry department employees are periodically retrained
and licensed by the State of Illinois for herbicide applications, and three
Cooperative employees are currently training to become certified arborists.
In
a world of constant change, the education and training of Southeastern
employees and board members is of the utmost importance if your Cooperative
is to meet its goal of providing reliable electric service at an affordable
price. It has been our experience that education doesn’t cost---it
pays. |
SOUTHEASTERN
LIGHT
