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WINTER IS COMING: Why Weather Matters When It Comes to Your Energy Bill
Did your bill seem a little higher this month? That’s because it’s for August usage, one of the hottest months of the year. When it comes to your electric bill, weather matters! If you’ll notice, during Fall those bills seem to go down a bit due to the weather being...
read moreGVEC Home Discontinuing Appliance Sales & Service
The Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative has recently announced appliance sales and service through its GVEC Home subsidiary will be discontinued as of December, 2017. From October through the end of the year, the appliance inventory will be offered at liquidated...
read moreThe Co-op Spirit Shines Through
When Hurricane Harvey swept through the GVEC service area, it tore down trees and caused rivers to rise. But what this storm didn’t do, was rock the foundation our electric pioneers built when they established GVEC in 1938. In fact, Harvey in its own way, helped to...
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Stronger Together: Facing Harvey Head On
Harvey wasn't just any storm. Making landfall at 2 a.m. on August 25 at Rockport, it was the first hurricane to strike Texas since Ike in 2005. By the time Hurricane Harvey hit, it was a Category 4 storm. While this catastrophic weather event may have been surprising...
read moreWeathering the Storm and Moving Forward
MESSAGE FROM GENERAL MANAGER DARREN SCHAUER Hurricane Harvey was the largest natural disaster GVEC has faced in its 79-year history. While we’ve had some close calls, nothing has impacted our members and employees more in my experience. August 25–30, 2017, will...
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Hurricane Harvey: Stepping Up to the Challenge
A Feeling Like No Other Walking through muck and water that was often as high as their knees, GVEC linemen faced every challenge Hurricane Harvey could throw at them. Their goal was to get the lights on as quickly as it was safe to do so, but they also had to follow...
read moreHurricane Harvey Outage Restoral Comes to a Close
Gonzales, Texas– August 30, 2017 – After five total days of restoration efforts, three of which occurred as Hurricane Harvey actively swept through the entire service area, all but 21 outages have been restored for the members of the Guadalupe Valley Electric...
read moreMinimal Outages Remain for GVEC
As of noon Wednesday, 49 members of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) are without power. The remaining outages will be restored once flood waters recede and damage is repaired in the associated areas. Due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Texas...
read moreGVEC Outages Nearing Completion
Outage restoral from Hurricane Harvey is nearing completion for the members of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC). As of 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, 175 cooperative members were without power. GVEC is working to have all members that are accessible back...
read moreGVEC Crews Continue Outage Restoral
Outage restoral from Hurricane Harvey continues today for the members of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC). As of 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, 668 cooperative members were without power, primarily in Gonzales and Lavaca Counties followed by DeWitt County....
read moreGVEC Outages Continue to Decrease
Another day of solid progress was made on the number of outages for the members of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC). As of 8 p.m. Monday evening, approximately 960 cooperative members were without power, primarily in DeWitt and Lavaca Counties....
read moreOutage Restoration Continues for GVEC Members
While extensive progress has been made on the number of outages from Hurricane Harvey, restoration efforts continue today for the members of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC). As of 10 a.m. Monday morning, approximately 3,100 cooperative members were...
read moreGVEC Outage Restoration Update
Cooperative and contract crews were able to make good progress on outage levels Sunday across the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) service territory. As of 9 p.m., Sunday night, approximately 4,100 cooperative members were without power. The potential for...
read moreOutage Restoration Continues across GVEC Service Area
Outage restoration efforts are continuing today for widespread outages across the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) service territory. As of 10:00am Sunday morning, approximately 9,300 cooperative members were without power. GVEC and contract crews are out...
read moreWidespread and Extended Outages Across the GVEC Service Area
High winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Harvey have caused widespread outages across the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) service territory. Approximately 15,000 cooperative members were without power as of 3 p.m. Saturday and outage times are expected to...
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Interested in Clean Solar Energy? Introducing the GVEC SunHub Community Solar Program
If you want to support clean solar energy generated locally in our own backyard—participate in GVEC's SunHub™ Community Solar program! It’s a no-worries, no-strings-attached solution for those who are interested in renewable solar energy, but not in buying or...
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GRAB YOUR PARTNER! IT’S TIME TO DO THE FALL TWO-STEP
When is the last time you thought about giving your AC/Heating system a little TLC? Since your system worked hard all summer, there’s no better time than now to do some preventive maintenance, and get it ready for winter. While partnering up with an AC professional...
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Best in Texas
With temperatures hitting the 100s, the competitors and their fans were feeling the heat at the 2017 Texas Lineman’s Rodeo. But, GVEC’s linemen were even hotter when it came to earning rodeo top honors. In addition to earning other awards, GVEC’s two Journeyman teams...
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Kingsbury Where Art and Agriculture Meet
If it weren’t for the stories of some longtime Kingsbury residents, Shane Heinemeier might have never heard that his Grandma Mary was known as the Kingsbury Beauty. They said she’d whistle for her paint horse and ride it bareback to Seguin High School to watch her...
read moreGVEC Introduces SunHub Community Solar Program
MESSAGE FROM GENERAL MANAGER DARREN SCHAUER For those of you who travel on Hwy 90A, between Seguin and Gonzales, you might have noticed construction that has been underway for the past few months at GVEC’s Nash Creek substation near Belmont. In the May issue of The...
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