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News & Events

Speech Bubbles

Exemplifying York Electric’s strong culture: YEC employees explain what that means to them

YEC employ­ees from across our coop­er­a­tive were recent­ly asked to share their insights on how they view YEC’s strong cul­ture mod­el. To give our mem­bers… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Exem­pli­fy­ing York Electric’s strong cul­ture: YEC employ­ees explain what that means to them
YEC Board of Directors, 2022

From the board room

YEC is proud to announce it will not change its over­all rates in the next two years. We will main­tain the same low rates we’ve… Con­tin­ue Read­ing From the board room
Electric Cooperative Youth Tour and Summit

Youth Tour & Summit

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… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Youth Tour & Sum­mit
SCAM ALERT

Utility Imposter Scammers Ready as Temperatures Drop

South Car­oli­na util­i­ties have joined with the South Car­oli­na Depart­ment of Con­sumer Affairs (SCDCA) and the Office of Reg­u­la­to­ry Staff (ORS) for Util­i­ty Scam Aware­ness… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Util­i­ty Imposter Scam­mers Ready as Tem­per­a­tures Drop
Vintage black and white photo of YEC's first office.

We were local before local was cool

We’ve men­tioned through­out 2021 that this year marks our 80th year of serv­ing our mem­bers. There are still sev­er­al mem­bers of our com­mu­ni­ty who remem­ber… Con­tin­ue Read­ing We were local before local was cool
Smart female college student with books and bright light bulb above her head as a symbol of bright ideas

Opportunity Awaits

High school seniors, apply now for valu­able schol­ar­ships! As your Touch­stone Ener­gy Coop­er­a­tive, York Elec­tric firm­ly believes our edu­ca­tion­al efforts can have a far-reach­ing effect… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Oppor­tu­ni­ty Awaits
Bright Ideas

YEC celebrates Bright Ideas grant recipients

In Octo­ber, York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive award­ed Bright Ideas grants to local teach­ers in the co-op’s ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry. The Bright Ideas grant pro­gram was cre­at­ed to… Con­tin­ue Read­ing YEC cel­e­brates Bright Ideas grant recip­i­ents
Ride Across South Carolina

Electric Cooperatives Host “Ride Across South Carolina” to Raise Awareness for Heart Disease

The Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Ride Across South Car­oli­na is a sev­en-day, 648-mile ride with stops at 18 coop­er­a­tives. Start­ing on Octo­ber 25th, 2021, in the Upstate… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tives Host “Ride Across South Car­oli­na” to Raise Aware­ness for Heart Dis­ease
YEC staff member with veteran

One big helpful family

At York Elec­tric, we like to think of our­selves as a family—the coop­er­a­tive fam­i­ly. Like any fam­i­ly, we depend on and look out for one… Con­tin­ue Read­ing One big help­ful fam­i­ly

YEC’s high-speed fiber internet project is well underway

York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive has part­nered with Com­po­ri­um to bring high-speed fiber inter­net to approx­i­mate­ly 5,000 mem­bers in west­ern York and parts of Chero­kee coun­ties. For… Con­tin­ue Read­ing YEC’s high-speed fiber inter­net project is well under­way

YEC member Max Phillips shares the value of friendship, community

As we cel­e­brate this year’s Co-op Month dur­ing Octo­ber, it’s impor­tant to remem­ber why we exist—to serve our mem­bers and com­mu­ni­ties. One of our sev­en… Con­tin­ue Read­ing YEC mem­ber Max Phillips shares the val­ue of friend­ship, com­mu­ni­ty
Caterpillar track vehicle clearing limbs

Diggers, dozers and boom trucks

New Hori­zon Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive pro­vides essen­tial equip­ment for YEC, Upstate co-ops. To stand before them, one can be both intim­i­dat­ed and impressed. They are huge… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Dig­gers, doz­ers and boom trucks