Is there a brief history of how YEC was formed?

Elec­tric coop­er­a­tives were first formed in the 1930s when it became evi­dent that estab­lished pow­er com­pa­nies were not ready to sup­ply pow­er to peo­ple liv­ing in rur­al Amer­i­ca. The fed­er­al gov­ern­ment estab­lished the Rur­al Elec­tri­fi­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (REA) to lend mon­ey for the con­struc­tion of pow­er lines out­side pop­u­la­tion cen­ters. Farm­ers and oth­er rur­al res­i­dents formed coop­er­a­tives to bor­row mon­ey from the REA and con­struct the need­ed lines.

YEC was found­ed in 1941 by a group of farm­ers and busi­ness­men who real­ized that the only way to bring elec­tric pow­er to rur­al York Coun­ty was to do it them­selves. In March of 1941, 553 strong, these cit­i­zens began an endeav­or that would change rur­al liv­ing in this area for­ev­er.

YEC’s capac­i­ty to sup­ply depend­able and afford­able elec­tric pow­er also opened our rur­al areas to com­merce and indus­try. New and diver­si­fied busi­ness­es came to the coun­try­side, pro­vid­ing jobs, prod­ucts, and ser­vices.

Since 1941, YEC has been an active com­mu­ni­ty part­ner and a dynam­ic force in the area’s eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment. We con­tin­ue to serve the homes, farms, and small busi­ness­es in our rur­al areas, but we now also serve a grow­ing num­ber of res­i­den­tial, com­mer­cial, and large indus­tri­al accounts in York Coun­ty’s expand­ing pop­u­la­tion cen­ters.

York Elec­tric’s ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry con­tin­ues to be one of the fastest-grow­ing areas in the Unit­ed States.