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Satellite image showing a large and swirling cyclone over land and water, with a defined eye at the center of the storm.

Hurricane season is here – prepare now

Hur­ri­cane sea­son offi­cial­ly start­ed on June 1st, so we want­ed to take a moment to encour­age our mem­bers to con­sult our website’s guid­ance and pre­pare for the pos­si­bil­i­ty of upcom­ing storms.  As we know from […]
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JOB OPENING — LINEMAN

****UPDATE**** THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.  APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED.    “LINEMAN” This posi­tion will be avail­able on a per­ma­nent, full-time basis. Abil­i­ty to climb poles and read maps required.  Knowl­edge of ser­vice […]
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ACT NOW: Tell Your Senator to Say NO…

As an informed mem­ber of your local elec­tric co-op, you play a vital role in shap­ing South Car­oli­na’s ener­gy future. Right now, law­mak­ers in Colum­bia are con­sid­er­ing a pro­pos­al that could have seri­ous con­se­quences for […]
A group of people stands in front of the South Carolina Governor's seal, within an ornate room featuring flags and a wooden table.

Co-ops take over the State House

  Elec­tric coop­er­a­tive lead­ers swarmed the state capi­tol last week for an annu­al event that was for­mal­ly ded­i­cat­ed as “Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Day at the State House.” Co-op CEOs, trustees and staff — includ­ing line­men — […]
Logos for The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina: Youth Tour and Cooperative Youth Summit, featuring the Capitol building and a dome illustration.

2025 Washington Tour & Cooperative Youth Summit

The appli­ca­tion process will begin Feb­ru­ary 10, 2025.  All appli­ca­tions must be sub­mit­ted on or before Mon­day, March 10, 2025. More infor­ma­tion can be found here at https://coastal.coop/community/for-students/ Apply Online Today!
SC Rep. Jim Clyburn in a suit and glasses smiling, seated indoors with a decorative globe object in the background.

Clyburn earns SC co-op’s highest honor

Over three decades in Con­gress, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn has orches­trat­ed the pas­sage of major leg­is­la­tion, advised pres­i­dents and become one of the country’s best known polit­i­cal fig­ures. But no mat­ter how high his polit­i­cal […]

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We enjoyed our time at the Col­leton Coun­ty Rec Cen­ter this morn­ing, pro­vid­ing our Pow­er­town Pre­sen­ta­tion to their sum­mer camp group.

If your orga­ni­za­tion or class­room would be inter­est­ed in an edu­ca­tion­al pre­sen­ta­tion on the basics of elec­tric­i­ty and elec­tric safe­ty, please give Saman­tha a call at 843–538-9434. These pre­sen­ta­tions can be cus­tomized for your group and are high­ly rec­om­mend­ed for all stu­dents, first respon­ders, and con­tract crews that often col­lide with util­i­ty lines.
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Here are a few things to under­stand if you are look­ing into res­i­den­tial solar. It’s impor­tant to know all the long and short-term respon­si­bil­i­ties as a home­own­er. See MoreSee Less
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June 9–15 is Right-of-Way Pro­fes­sion­als Week! We thank the ded­i­cat­ed men and women who work dili­gent­ly to build and main­tain the essen­tial infra­struc­ture that con­nects our com­mu­ni­ties and dri­ves progress. 💪❤️ See MoreSee Less
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