Infinium

💻 NOW HIRING: Information Technology Tech Intern 💻

Victoria Electric Cooperative is looking for a motivated and tech-savvy IT Tech Intern to join our team!

This internship offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment assisting with:

✅ Hardware & software support
✅ Network maintenance & troubleshooting
✅ System installation & backups
✅ LAN/WAN/VLAN projects
✅ Technology support & special projects

We’re looking for someone eager to learn, grow, and gain real-world IT experience while supporting the technology that keeps our cooperative running smoothly. This position is part-time.

Interested in joining our team? Apply today at https://victoriaelectric.coop/content/careers or contact us for more information!

Thunderstorms are expected to move across the area tonight, with isolated to scattered strong to severe storms expected. SPC has included us in a Slight Risk of severe storms across the northern portions of S TX and a Marginal Risk of severe storms across the southern areas and along the Coastal Bend. Please monitor your weather and have multiple ways to receive warnings. The greatest threats will be large hail and damaging winds.

If you have the best mom, tag her! 💕❤🫶

** UPDATE 5/8 @ 7:13pm- Additional crews will join restoration efforts through the weekend in the Placedo/Bloomington area. **

🌐 Storm Restoration Update 🌐

Infinium crews continue making steady progress repairing storm-related infrastructure damage across affected areas. Our teams are working diligently to restore service as quickly and safely as possible.

We understand outages can be frustrating, and we truly appreciate your patience, support, and understanding during this process. Our crews remain committed to getting everyone back online safely.

Thank you for standing with us as we continue restoration efforts. 💙

🛜STORM RESTORATION UPDATE🛜

Infinium crews and contractors remain onsite and continue making progress repairing storm related damage to our infrastructure. Restoration efforts are actively underway, and crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore all affected services.

We understand the inconvenience this outage has caused and sincerely appreciate your continued patience and support as our teams work through the necessary repairs.

Additional updates will be shared as they come available.

🛜Storm Restoration Update🛜

We have identified storm-related issues affecting parts of our infrastructure, and our team is actively working to make repairs as quickly and safely as possible. We understand that this storm has caused inconvenience for many of our valued members and subscribers.

Our crews are on-site assessing the damage and restoring service. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to get everything back online.

Stay tuned for more updates as we make progress. Thank you for being a part of the Infinium family! 💙

⚠️ RESTORATION EFFORTS CONTINUE ⚠️

Victoria Electric Cooperative crews worked throughout the night responding to storm-related outages across our service area. We also have several contractor crews assisting, along with mutual aid crews from Jackson Electric Cooperative and Nueces Electric Cooperative.

Crews are working as safely and efficiently as possible to restore power across the service area. We appreciate your patience and understanding as restoration efforts continue.

🚨 SAFETY REMINDER 🚨
Please stay away from any downed poles or power lines and report hazardous conditions immediately. Always assume lines are energized.

To report an outage:
✅ CALL: 361-573-2428
✅ ONLINE: victoriaelectric.coop
✅ MOBILE APP: Victoria EC
✅ TEXT: Text START to 352667, text JOIN to opt-in, then text OUTAGE

Please note: Facebook Messenger and live chat on the website are not efficient ways to report an outage.

🚨 SAFETY ADVISORY 🚨

Please be advised that there are live power lines down in the Placedo area.

⚠️ Residents are strongly urged NOT to clear debris or approach the area until a power company has confirmed the lines are no longer active.

Your safety is the top priority. Please stay clear and share this information with others in the area.