Politically Engaged

Main­tain­ing a strong grass­roots pres­ence in the polit­i­cal process is key to the long-term suc­cess of elec­tric coop­er­a­tives nation­wide.

Being active in pol­i­tics means you will sup­port elect­ed offi­cials who will:

• Keep your ener­gy bills afford­able because it improves your qual­i­ty of life.
• Help your coop­er­a­tive keep your ener­gy ser­vice reli­able.
• Assist your efforts to use ener­gy more effi­cient­ly.
• Make renew­able ener­gy more afford­able for you.
• Help rebuild your coop­er­a­tive after a storm.
• Pro­tect our econ­o­my and jobs when mak­ing ener­gy laws.

PAC, also known as Amer­i­ca’s Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive PAC, is short for the Nation­al Rur­al Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Asso­ci­a­tion Action Com­mit­tee for Rur­al Elec­tri­fi­ca­tion.  PAC sup­ports con­gres­sion­al can­di­dates, regard­less of polit­i­cal par­ty affil­i­a­tion, who share pub­lic pol­i­cy goals that are con­sis­tent with the mis­sion of mem­bers-owned elec­tric coop­er­a­tives.

ECHO stands for Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Help Orga­ni­za­tion and is a Polit­i­cal Action Com­mit­tee (PAC) of the elec­tric coop­er­a­tives of South Car­oli­na. It is a non-par­ti­san polit­i­cal orga­ni­za­tion designed to help sup­port favor­able can­di­dates at the state lev­el.

More than 34,000 coop­er­a­tive mem­bers across the U.S. are par­tic­i­pat­ing in the PAC/ECHO pro­gram. You too can be part of the coop­er­a­tive grass­roots effort that keeps the elec­tric coop­er­a­tives and their mis­sion in front of our leg­is­la­tors.