Inside the Grid

Jay Buchholz
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Sioux Valley Energy's Inside the Grid monthly podcast provides a broader discussion on energy-related matters that can effect residential, commercial, and agricultural members in eastern South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. Sioux Valley Energy is an equal opportunity provider and provider.

  1. SVE: Reasons for Basin Electric Rate Increase

    10/06/2025

    SVE: Reasons for Basin Electric Rate Increase

    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.

    16 min
  2. What Happens at a Cooperative Annual Meeting?

    06/26/2025

    What Happens at a Cooperative Annual Meeting?

    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.

    22 min
  3. Thank you Lineworkers!

    04/09/2025

    Thank you Lineworkers!

    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

    11 min
  4. SVE Safety Around Power Outages

    02/27/2025

    SVE Safety Around Power Outages

    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.

    21 min
  5. SVE 2025 Workplan

    01/26/2025

    SVE 2025 Workplan

    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.

    19 min
  6. SVE 2025 Rate Adjustment

    12/12/2024

    SVE 2025 Rate Adjustment

    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

    28 min
  7. SVE Day of Giving

    11/22/2024

    SVE Day of Giving

    South Dakota's Day of Giving is on #GivingTuesday, December 3, 2024. It's the one day of the year where nonprofits across the state come together to raise funds, build awareness, and have a little fun along the way. In this episode, we visit with Dan LaRock from Rock Ranch in Minnesota, Sioux Valley Energy's VP of Public Relations, Carrie Vugteveen, and Culture and Training Development Strategist, Chinelle Christensen, on how Sioux Valley Energy and its employees give-back to non-profits and communities.

    23 min

  8. 08/05/2024

    SVE Part of Co-op Group Bringing Electricity to Guatemalan Village In June

    In June, Sioux Valley Energy journey lineworker Steve Dvergsten was part of a crew of 14 lineworkers from Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota who traveled to Las Peñas, Guatemala, to help electrify the village of 35 homes in a mountainous area east of Jalapa, Guatemala. The endeavor was a project of National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) International, which has been working in Guatemala since 2011.

    46 min
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Sioux Valley Energy's Inside the Grid monthly podcast provides a broader discussion on energy-related matters that can effect residential, commercial, and agricultural members in eastern South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. Sioux Valley Energy is an equal opportunity provider and provider.

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  • Creator
    Jay Buchholz
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Inside the Grid