SVEC implementing storm charge

Fee will help co-op pay for Idalia recovery.

  • A graphic shows the costs storms the past 11 years have caused to Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, which is implementing a storm recovery charge on its members for the first time following Hurricane Idalia. (COURTESY SUWANNEE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE)
    A graphic shows the costs storms the past 11 years have caused to Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, which is implementing a storm recovery charge on its members for the first time following Hurricane Idalia. (COURTESY SUWANNEE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE)

    LIVE OAK — The final cost of Hurricane Idalia’s damage on Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative still isn’t known.

    However, the cost the co-op’s members will pay to make up for the damage is set as…