YEC plans for growth

Prepa­ra­tion for growth and ser­vice reli­a­bil­i­ty are top pri­or­i­ties as your co-op strate­gi­cal­ly plans how to invest time and mon­ey for mem­bers. As we look ahead for 2026, mem­bers can expect new large pow­er users, updat­ed tech­nol­o­gy and over­all sys­tem improve­ments.

New sub­sta­tions

Your co-op con­tin­ues to expe­ri­ence growth in the Fort Mill area of its ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry. Com­plet­ing two new sub­sta­tions not only helps to cre­ate greater capac­i­ty to serve mem­bers, but it also pro­vides a way to reroute ser­vice in an out­age sit­u­a­tion. Cre­at­ing redun­dan­cy in our dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem strength­ens our grid and ser­vice reli­a­bil­i­ty for you.

The new Spring­maid Sub­sta­tion is now online. Work will con­tin­ue in 2026 to adjust the ser­vice for mem­bers locat­ed north of High­way 160, near Coltharp Road, Kings­ley and Car­oli­na Place to this sub­sta­tion.

The Banks Street sub­sta­tion will serve res­i­den­tial mem­bers locat­ed in Masons Bend, Eliz­a­beth, Water­side and Massey sub­di­vi­sions, along with Cataw­ba Ridge High School and some indus­tri­al mem­bers.

Build­ing reli­a­bil­i­ty

Legion Road in the Smyr­na and Hick­o­ry Grove areas of West­ern York Coun­ty is served by a long, radi­al line. Cur­rent­ly, this area is sub­ject to lengthy out­age times because there are no options to redi­rect ser­vices in an out­age sit­u­a­tion while repairs are made. This year, York Elec­tric will build a new sec­tion of line to pro­vide anoth­er path to our sys­tem in this area, which will help the co-op sec­tion­al­ize areas along the dis­tri­b­u­tion line to restore ser­vices faster in an out­age.