Generator Safety Tips
Never connect a standby generator into your home’s electrical system. There are only two ways to connect a standby generator to your equipment. STATIONARY GENERATOR An approved generator transfer switch, which keeps your house circuits separate from the co-op, should...
Bright Ideas for Holiday Energy Savings
Too Attached?
As internet services expand, co-op poles take on greater responsibility by Preston Knight, Communication Manager Call it a midspan crisis. As life changing as the advent and growth of rural electric lines and poles were in the 1930s, the ensuing decades would reveal...
Utility Poles Are Not Bulletin Boards
What many do not realize is the danger it poses for lineworkers. Yard sale signs, event signs, party signs and holiday decorations, you name it, andSVEC has seen it. Once the sign is removed or blows away with the wind, the fastener remains intact. Something as small...
Provide a ‘Helping Hand’ with the Gift of Light
by Preston Knight, Communication Manager It's the holiday question Debora Menefee asked herself and then answered several years ago. What do you get parents who have everything? Electricity, Menefee says. Specifically, a gift certificate for it through SVEC. “They...
Model Member: Nurse Takes Flight
by Lydia Weaver, Community Relations Specialist From the ripe old age of 12, McGoff knew she wanted to be a nurse. The first time she remembers her grandmother being admitted to the hospital, McGoff was too young to be allowed visitation in the room. At age 14, when...
Let’s Talk Turkey!
Gobble up these creative ways to indulge this Thanksgiving.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jolly old Saint Nick gets escorted by local volunteer firefighters through many neighborhoods in December, as a sort of precursor to Christmas.
Southern Charm
In what he calls “the second half of my career,” chef Sean Brock is dedicating himself to what he calls “untapped traditions and discoveries,” looking to places like Japan for inspiration.
Worth the Trip
Native Marylander Peggy Hyland calls the crab cakes at CD Cafe on Solomon’s island possibly the best she’s ever enjoyed.
Photos: Santa’s Little Yelpers
These hounds are ready for the holidays.
The Holiday Hustle
Even if you’re facing the holidays without beloved members of your family, there’s still lots to do for the holiday hustle.