Inside the Grid

In this episode, SVE's Economic Development and Communty Relations Executive, Brandon Lane, talks with the Mayors of Colton and Crooks, South Dakota on Community and Economic Development.

In this episode, we visit with Sioux Valley Energy's General Manager & CEO, Tim McCarthy, Chief Financial Officer, Jason Maxwell, and Vice President of Engineering & Operations Ted Smith regarding a three tiered rate structure which includes a break-out of the residential demand component starting in 2027.

In this episode, SVE's Economic Development and Communty Relations Executive, Brandon Lane, talks with Hardwick, Minnesota's City Clerk, Tammy Johnson, and Rock County Administrator, Kyle Oldre, on how REVIVE 2030 assisted and supported rural growth in southwest MN.

In this episode, we visit with Sioux Valley Energy's Vice President of Engineering and Operations Ted Smith and Director of Operations Chris Graff on the cooperative's 2026 Workplan and Construction projects and how Data Centers figure into those plans.

Utilities across the country (including electric cooperatives like Sioux Valley Energy) are working to build new electrical generation to keep up with increasing demand, which is putting pressure on your electric rates. On this month's Inside the Grid podcast, we visit with Sioux Valley Energy's General Manager and CEO, Tim McCarthy and Board President Dan Leuthold regarding the reasons for Basin Electric's upcoming rate increase.

On this month's Inside the Grid podcast, Southeastern Electric Cooperative and Sioux Valley Energy's Board Chairs talk about each organization's Annual Meeting and how coopertives serve more than electricity to their memberships and communities.

On this month's Inside the Grid podcast, Sioux Valley Energy and cooperatives around the country celebrate Lineworker Appreciation Day on April 14, 2025. We thank our most visible cooperative employees and visit with three Sioux Valley Energy lead lineworkers: Dan Doyle, Tony Remund, and Bob Johnson. Sioux Valley Energy, Southeastern Electric Cooperative and Xcel Energy partnered together on this featured video: https://vimeo.com/1071560922/a45ed1c423

On this month's Inside the Grid podcast, we visit with Sioux Valley Energy's Manager of Dispatch Operations, Sharla Haugen and Manager of Safety, Terry Ebright on how SVE responds to outages and how to be safe around electrical equipment. While electrical disruptions can be an annoyance, a power outage can also help lineworkers find and repair problems in the electrical system. If a storm or public contact knocks out the power, we share what goes on behind the scenes to help keep the public safe.

In this episode, we visit with Sioux Valley Energy's Vice President of Engineering and Operations Ted Smith and Director of Operations Chris Graff on the cooperative's 2025 Workplan and Budget.

In this episode, we visit with Sioux Valley Energy General Manager and CEO, Tim McCarthy, along with Bob Sahr, East River Electric CEO and General Manager, and Curt Dieren, General Manager of L&O Power Cooperative about the reasons for the upcoming 2025 rate adjustment.

The Sioux Valley Energy Board of Directors approved an overall average increase of 4.9%, effective January 1, 2025. Members will see the increase with their February billing which reflects January energy usage. Rate adjustment percentages will vary depending on members' specific energy (kWh) usage. This rate increase is an overall rate increase across all rate classes.

https://www.siouxvalleyenergy.com/2025-rate-change