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How Extreme Winter Weather Impacts Reliability

By Mau­ra Giles When out­door tem­per­a­tures drop, our elec­tric­i­ty use increas­es. That’s because we’re doing more activ­i­ties inside, and our heat­ing sys­tems are run­ning longer and more often to coun­ter­act cold­er out­door tem­per­a­tures. Fac­tor in […]
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SC CHILDREN’S BOOK CHALLENGE

Imag­ine your class­room project turn­ing into a day at the State House! The 2025 Children’s Book Chal­lenge win­ners met their local del­e­ga­tion, earned cash prizes and had their books sent to schools across the state. […]
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Beat the Summer Heat

Beat­ing the sum­mer heat is espe­cial­ly try­ing – and often expen­sive. Our part­ners at Touch­stone Ener­gy have advice on keep­ing your home and fam­i­ly cool and com­fort­able with­out send­ing your pow­er bill through the roof. […]
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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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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 […]

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