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Southern Electric Corporation has named Clay Foster, the company’s Controller, as its Power Player recipient for the month of April. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Foster is celebrating his tenth year at SEC, currently handling all financial reporting and leading the Billing, Accounts Payable, and Information Technology departments. “Cla…

Southern Electric Corporation has named Marlene Stein, of Richland, MS, as its Power Player for the month of March. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Stein, accounts payable clerk in the Flowood office, handles all lodging coordination for the company and has been with SEC for 11 years. “Marlene is dedicated to helping the company negotiate…

Southern Electric Corporation has named Jason Wilson, of West Point, MS, as its Power Player for the month of February. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Wilson, a general foreman in Arkansas, has been with SEC for nearly 14 years and has served the electrical utility industry for 30. He got his start with the City of Aberdeen in North Miss…

Southern Electric Corporation has named Ricardo Martinez, of Pompano Beach, Florida, as its Power Player for the first month of 2024. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Martinez, a project manager in South Florida, has been with SEC for two and a half years. Originally from Venezuela, he moved to the United States 11 years ago after earning …

Southern Electric Corporation has named Ashley Brown, the company’s Payroll Manager, as its Power Player recipient for the month of December. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Brown has been with SEC for more than 12 years, hired as a payroll assistant in 2011 by her supervisor and mentor Joann Sprayberry. “Mrs. Joann took a chance on me an…

Southern Electric Corporation has named Josh “Hollywood” Hollingsworth, of Mt. Olive, Mississippi, as its Power Player for the month of November. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Hollingworth, a general foremen in SEC’s transmission division, has been with SEC for six years. He got his start in the industry 23 years ago after his aspiratio…

Two of Southern Electric Corporation’s top foremen, Robert Wilkinson and Kevin Johnson, have been selected for Quanta Services’ Quanta Elite Program. This program identifies the top foremen across all Operating Units for Quanta based on leadership abilities, team building skills, and performance. Wilkinson is a Florence, Mississippi, native working out of Jackson. He started with SEC early on in his career, spending 9 out of his 10 years in the powerline industry with us. “Robert’s dedication to ensuring the well-being of his colleagues and the organization’s assets has consistently set him…

Hernandez Named First Month’s Recipient Southern Electric Corporation is pleased to announce its new employee recognition program… the Power Player of the Month Award. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward. Our first Power Player of the Month is Julio Hernandez. Hernandez serves as SEC’s IT Manager and has been with the company for just over fiv…

Pictured are and Donovan Guilbeau and Gary Dickens, Vice President of Capital Projects for Entergy. Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi was recognized as one of Entergy’s 2022 premier vendors for its performance in the category of environmental, social, and governance. As part of a new Journeyman Lineman Training facility located on a 50-acre site in Flowood, Miss., SEC invested in the development of a Western Honeybee Apiary several years ago, managed by Donovan Guilbeau, Director of Human and Operational Perfo…

Flowood, MS, April 11, 2023 – Southern Electric Corporation (SEC), a full service electrical and utility contractor based in Flowood, Mississippi, and operating across the southeastern United States, announced that it was acquired by Quanta Services, Inc. (Quanta) in the first quarter of 2023. The acquisition of SEC enhances Quanta’s resources and capabilities in the southeast United States and provides growth opportunities for SEC. “With nearly 40 years invested in starting and growing this business, joining Quanta was not a decision we took lightly,” said Ken Blakeney, co-owner of SEC. “Q…