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News & Events

SC state rep Gary Simrill is congratulated on his retirement

Gary Simrill retires after 30 years in SC House

by R. Marc Howie, Vice Pres­i­dent of Com­mu­ni­ty Devel­op­ment Work­ing togeth­er is part of the coop­er­a­tive cul­ture and one of the ways York Elec­tric is… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Gary Sim­rill retires after 30 years in SC House
Art competition winner smiled for the camera

Calling all students!

Excit­ing trip, schol­ar­ship and art con­test oppor­tu­ni­ties are avail­able for local stu­dents of all ages! Learn more and apply now by scan­ning the codes below.… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Call­ing all stu­dents!
YEC Board of Directors, 2022

Highlights from our team: 2022 in review

As We Wel­come a new year, your York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Board of Trustees con­tin­ues to work as a team to serve you with afford­able, safe… Con­tin­ue Read­ing High­lights from our team: 2022 in review
Four Youth Summit participant in front of the South Carolina State House

Ready for an experience you won’t forget?

Your co-op has two amaz­ing trips planned this sum­mer. Juniors: Apply for the Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour. Sopho­mores: Apply for the Coop­er­a­tive Youth Sum­mit. The appli­ca­tion… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Ready for an expe­ri­ence you won’t for­get?
Bright Ideas

Celebrating teachers

YEC awards grants to local teach­ers for their bright ideas York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive was proud to award a total of $14,500 to sup­port projects sub­mit­ted… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Cel­e­brat­ing teach­ers
CEO and member chatting

Serving you for 82: Annual Meeting 2023

Save the date for your 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing of Mem­bers on Sat­ur­day, May 6, 2023. Our team is excit­ed to offer anoth­er year of con­ve­nient… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Serv­ing you for 82: Annu­al Meet­ing 2023
Household Solar Power Grid

Don’t forget the batteries

Bat­ter­ies of the AA and AAA vari­ety are a sta­ple on my Wal­mart orders this time of year. Just in case the box reads “bat­ter­ies… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Don’t for­get the bat­ter­ies
Player holding black football with the North-South Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl branding

Players named for the 2022 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl

 The state’s top high school foot­ball play­ers will face off one last time this sea­son in the 2022 Touch­stone Ener­gy Coop­er­a­tives Bowl on Sat­ur­day,… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Play­ers named for the 2022 Touch­stone Ener­gy Coop­er­a­tives Bowl
Veteran and YEC member James Huskey is picture.

New location for Veterans Day celebration

Active and for­mer mem­bers of our Armed Ser­vices, please join us at Amer­i­can Legion Post 34 at 524 Heck­le Blvd. in Rock Hill on Fri­day,… Con­tin­ue Read­ing New loca­tion for Vet­er­ans Day cel­e­bra­tion
People wearing gloves organize canned goods and bananas at a food distribution event, with multiple hands working collaboratively on a table.

Members helping members

Octo­ber is Co-op Month, and what bet­ter way to cel­e­brate than by work­ing togeth­er to help fel­low mem­bers and strength­en our com­mu­ni­ty? Dur­ing the month… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Mem­bers help­ing mem­bers
Photo of flowers and the farmer from Five Blossoms Farm

Five Blossoms Farm blooms into business

by Porter Gable John Tup­per nev­er imag­ined he would describe him­self as a bee­keep­er and flower farmer while in his cor­po­rate job in board rooms… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Five Blos­soms Farm blooms into busi­ness
Paul Basha, York Electric's CEO, is pictured

Cause for celebration

Octo­ber is our month to cel­e­brate the coop­er­a­tive dif­fer­ence and the val­ue of your mem­ber­ship. What does that mean? Sim­ple. We’re cel­e­brat­ing you. We wouldn’t… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Cause for cel­e­bra­tion