A step forward, a reason for hope

Since our found­ing, York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive has upheld a sim­ple promise: to pro­vide elec­tric­i­ty that is safe, reli­able and afford­able. That mis­sion remains the same, even as our com­mu­ni­ties rapid­ly devel­op. If you’ve dri­ven around our ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry late­ly, you’ve seen it first­hand. New neigh­bor­hoods, schools and busi­ness­es are appear­ing every day. That growth means more mem­bers to serve, and greater ener­gy demands to meet.

Across South Car­oli­na, elec­tric­i­ty demand is ris­ing faster than ever before. Meet­ing that demand, with­out less­en­ing afford­abil­i­ty or reli­a­bil­i­ty, requires wise pol­i­cy deci­sions and long-term plan­ning. That’s why the recent pas­sage of the South Car­oli­na Ener­gy Secu­ri­ty Act (H. 3309) is so impor­tant.

This leg­is­la­tion is a mean­ing­ful step for­ward for our state. It opens the door for new pow­er gen­er­a­tion, stream­lines reg­u­la­to­ry process­es and strength­ens long-term plan­ning for grid reli­a­bil­i­ty. In short, it lays the ground­work to help ensure our state has the ener­gy infra­struc­ture it needs for its future.

Even still, the work isn’t fin­ished. Build­ing and main­tain­ing ener­gy infra­struc­ture takes time, coor­di­na­tion and coop­er­a­tion between every part of the ener­gy sec­tor. Progress like this doesn’t hap­pen with­out the coop­er­a­tion of util­i­ties, law­mak­ers, reg­u­la­tors and you, our mem­bers. Going for­ward, we must con­tin­ue to build on this momen­tum.

At York Elec­tric, we’ll keep doing our part. We’re con­tin­u­ing to invest in the peo­ple and equip­ment that keep your ser­vice afford­able and reli­able, and we’re com­mit­ted to voic­ing your con­cerns and val­ues with­in pol­i­cy dis­cus­sions at all lev­els of gov­ern­ment.

Trans­paren­cy and trust are cen­tral to who we are as a coop­er­a­tive, and we believe good com­mu­ni­ca­tion is key to high-qual­i­ty ser­vice. Through it all, we’ll keep you informed.

While chal­lenges will no doubt arise, so will oppor­tu­ni­ties for growth. We remain com­mit­ted to the promise we made long ago: to make life bet­ter for our mem­bers.