News & Events

News & Events

Line graph showing cost trends from 2012-2023 for co-op materials: 25 kva pad mount transformer, underground primary wire, and 15 kva overhead transformer.

YEC Managing Rising Costs

It’s no sur­prise that things cost more since the pan­dem­ic. Our gro­cery bills are high­er, fuel prices are high­er and even going out to eat… Con­tin­ue Read­ing YEC Man­ag­ing Ris­ing Costs
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Plug Into Safety With YEC: Electrical Safety Month

QUICK TIPS FROM YOUR CO-OP: Don’t over­load out­lets. Over­loaded out­lets can cre­ate fire haz­ards. Elec­tric­i­ty and liq­uids nev­er mix. Keep drinks a safe dis­tance away… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Plug Into Safe­ty With YEC: Elec­tri­cal Safe­ty Month
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York Electric’s 2024 Annual Meeting: Your Official Guide

A note from our Pres­i­dent and CEO: May the FOURTH be with you! YEC Annu­al Meet­ing May 1, 3, 4 It’s been 83 great years… Con­tin­ue Read­ing York Electric’s 2024 Annu­al Meet­ing: Your Offi­cial Guide
Craig Spencer smiles for the camera, with power transformers in background

Your Board in action: Meet your new CEO

In March, your York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Board of Trustees unan­i­mous­ly appoint­ed Craig Spencer as the new Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer (CEO). Upon this announce­ment, he began… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Your Board in action: Meet your new CEO
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Commentary: If SC were a car, we’d be running on empty. We need more energy generation.

If you get ner­vous when your vehicle’s gas light comes on, you know how the lead­ers of South Carolina’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives feel about our state’s… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Com­men­tary: If SC were a car, we’d be run­ning on emp­ty. We need more ener­gy gen­er­a­tion.
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New EV incentives now available

We make it our busi­ness to know when new tech­nolo­gies that use elec­tric­i­ty enter our mar­ket. While elec­tric vehi­cles (EVs) aren’t new, we have seen… Con­tin­ue Read­ing New EV incen­tives now avail­able
A person in a blue blazer stands near an electric vehicle charging station outside a modern building. A car is parked nearby.

Community Partnership: Piedmont Medical Center

As con­sumer demand for elec­tric vehi­cles (EVs) increas­es, York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive has been installing pub­lic charg­ing sta­tions at sev­er­al loca­tions through­out its ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry in… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Com­mu­ni­ty Part­ner­ship: Pied­mont Med­ical Cen­ter
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Help York Electric shape our energy future

Right now, America’s ener­gy sys­tem is under­go­ing a fun­da­men­tal trans­for­ma­tion. Much of the focus relat­ed to ener­gy issues in Wash­ing­ton is on large util­i­ties in… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Help York Elec­tric shape our ener­gy future
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YEC’s Scholarships Help Light the Way to the Future

$1000 Touch­stone Ener­gy Schol­ar­ships: YEC awards a total of 12 $1,000 Touch­stone Ener­gy Schol­ar­ships to grad­u­at­ing seniors at area high schools. Appli­cants must be mem­bers… Con­tin­ue Read­ing YEC’s Schol­ar­ships Help Light the Way to the Future
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York Electric Cooperative Appoints Craig Spencer as New CEO

York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive (YEC) proud­ly announces the appoint­ment of Craig Spencer as its new Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer (CEO). Spencer’s appoint­ment to CEO will offi­cial­ly begin… Con­tin­ue Read­ing York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Appoints Craig Spencer as New CEO
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A measured “thank you”

When you think of your co-op — and it real­ly is your co-op — we hope you know that our employ­ees and trustees are look­ing… Con­tin­ue Read­ing A mea­sured “thank you”
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Empowering future lineworkers

At the Floyd D. John­son Tech­nol­o­gy Cen­ter, a high school linework­er pro­gram is empow­er­ing young adults pur­su­ing careers in util­i­ties. Don Ham­rick, a retired line­man… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Empow­er­ing future linework­ers