This alliance, known as Southern Services, LLC., currently provides long-distance phone service at reduced rates through our partnership with TWN and plans to offer a local phone service option in the near future.

Recently Southern Services reached an agreement with Cummins Cumberland of Louisville, Kentucky to become an authorized distributor of residential standby electric generators and now has the right to sell Cummins and Onan products.  Therefore each member of Southern Services, including SouthEastern, is now able to offer its members a high quality product at competitive prices.

You might ask yourself, “Why is my cooperative offering this product?”  Well rest assured that our plans are to continue to offer the most reliable service possible, consistent with sound business practice, and while we are not planning on decreasing the availability of our electric service, we are aware of the fact that there are a growing number of members who tell us they must have 100% power availability, something no power supplier, including SouthEastern, can offer.  Many of these individuals are members who operate businesses totally dependent on electricity, but there are others who have different needs for a standby power source.

There are a number of standby generation products available in the local market; however, few if any, offer the combination of quality, convenience, reliability, safety and quietness of operation of the Cummins/Onan units.

Four different size units are available as complete packages and include the generator, transfer switch, battery and weather tight enclosure for the transfer switch, for prices ranging from $5,205 for a twelve thousand watt (12Kw) residential unit up to $15,763 for a forty-five thousand watt (45Kw) unit.

All units are available for either propane or natural gas fuels, and the price includes delivery and startup inspection.

Due to the fairly complex nature of a standby generator schematic, we highly recommend you obtain a qualified electrician to complete the installation for you.

For best performance, the units should be serviced annually by changing the oil, oil filter and air filter.  In addition the units are designed to be exercised (operated briefly) once a week to ensure unit availability.  For additional information, please call Don Allen or Dustin Tripp at 1-800-833-2611, extensions 160 and 166 respectively.