Resilience grants bring reliability upgrades to YEC

York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive is tak­ing steps to strength­en its dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem and improve ser­vice reli­a­bil­i­ty for mem­bers. In August, San­tee Coop­er announced $6.9 mil­lion in Grid Resilience Grants to fund 14 projects across the state. York Elec­tric was award­ed more than $1 mil­lion for three projects that will mean­ing­ful­ly improve how we deliv­er pow­er to you.

Two of the approved projects will sup­port YEC’s ongo­ing meter change outs, a project set to fin­ish in 2027. By replac­ing old­er meters with advanced AMI Sen­sus meters, mem­bers can expect faster out­age response times, improved com­mu­ni­ca­tions between ser­vice address­es and YEC’s oper­a­tions staff and short­er pow­er restora­tion times. They also pro­vide more accu­rate ener­gy usage data, allow­ing your co-op to make informed deci­sions in sys­tem plan­ning.

The third project will improve com­mu­ni­ca­tion tech­nolo­gies between YEC sub­sta­tions. This equip­ment will ensure YEC’s dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem oper­ates as effi­cient­ly as pos­si­ble, allow­ing it to auto­mat­i­cal­ly detect prob­lems down the line and reroute pow­er when an out­age occurs. Dur­ing out­age events, less mem­bers will be affect­ed for short­er peri­ods of time.

York Electric’s suc­cess­ful grant awards demon­strate your co-op’s ongo­ing com­mit­ment to invest­ing in infra­struc­ture that ben­e­fits mem­bers, allow­ing us to con­tin­ue pro­vid­ing safe, reli­able and afford­able elec­tric­i­ty to the com­mu­ni­ties we serve.