York Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Rural Internet

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 more information on when this service will be brought to your area, please visit us at yorkelectric.net/fiber.

Audrey Fisk Photo by Erin Powell

Audrey Fisk was the first member to get connected to high-speed internet. Fisk says, “My experience has been great so far. I couldn’t believe the difference in internet speed this service provides.”

Gregory Moyer Photo by Erin Powell

Gregory Moyer was the third member to sign up for service. “We’ve had a good experience with Comporium so far,” Moyer says. “They have been helpful and quick to respond to any questions or problems we have had. My wife and I work from home about half the time, so having high-speed internet has been a big help.”

Rita Beamguard (right) was the second member to sign up for broadband. “Everyone with Comporium has been so helpful, Beamguard says. “It is almost like having friends come into our home to set everything up. Having access to high-speed internet has been a huge help with virtual schooling.” Beamguard’s children, Jon McClain and Kylee, are grateful to attend online classes at home and to stream their favorite TV shows. Photo by Erin Powell

Interested in electric vehicles? YEC wants to hear from you!

Electric Vehicle Survey QR CodeMany consider the future to be electric, and that includes cars! Market share for electric vehicles (EVs) per total vehicle count is still low, but on the rise.

  • EVs account for 2% of vehicles in the United States.
  • EVs account for 0.2% of vehicles in South Carolina.
  • YEC has 371 EVs registered in our service territory.

As EV interest and purchases increase, we need your help to prepare for the future. Help your co-op serve you best by providing valuable feedback. Your voice matters and will help us create the best plan and rate structure to accommodate this new technology.

Scan the code at right with your smartphone or visit yorkelectric.net/EVsurvey to complete the survey!

YEC's solar energy expert, Brent Clinton, inspecting power meter.
Photo by Erin Powell

As solar energy becomes more prevalent in our area, your cooperative is here to help as your trusted energy advisor.

Are you interested in installing panels on your home? Let York Electric Cooperative be your source of information. We will help evaluate the solar company’s offer, provide a cost analysis for you and guide you through the entire process.

Solar energy expert Brent Clinton (below) can give you the facts and help you make the right choice for your home. Contact him at (803) 628-5554 or to schedule a meeting.

More power together

At YEC, your voice matters and carries weight. We enjoy hearing feedback from our membership because it guides our board of directors and leadership team when planning for the future of your co-op. Our goal is to take every nugget of information we can to make the best decisions for the good of our members and local communities. For example, we heard the need for internet from several members, so we recently began the rural internet project. This will bring broadband to approximately 5,000 members who previously did not have access to high-speed internet. The more people we have that speak up, the more informed we are about what matters most.

At the most basic level, we look to address individual concerns from the source. If we aren’t serving you and your needs, we aren’t upholding our promise to look out for you. While your concern may lie with your electric service or with a community-wide issue, we are here to listen and to serve. This fundamental rule is something we live by at YEC and is the basis of grassroots efforts.

The South Carolina House Representatives and Senators from our area work the same way. We have 13 local men and women who make up our delegation. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with your senator and representative from the updated list in this issue of South Carolina Living. My hat is off to them. Not only am I thankful that they aim to serve you with the same mentality of your co-op, but they also help look out for our members. Most recently, they have been responsive and supportive regarding the Santee Cooper investigation originating from the two abandoned nuclear units. They are helping us fight to protect our members, keeping your impact minimal and your rates low—and it has worked. YEC’s rates have been flat for 10 years and will be slightly lower for members this year.

We were founded on grassroots, addressing the need for electricity in rural areas. Folks joined together to make their voices heard. More than 80 years later, we still care about what you have to say. We have streamlined this process and have representation for each cooperative at the Statehouse, making the cooperative presence known and respected. I appreciate our delegation always taking the time to listen when we talk, keeping the concerns of our members highlighted in their work.

If your presence is ever needed again, could we call on you to join others to represent your co-op and help carry the voice of our community? Let me assure you that the co-op voice is a mighty one and we’d love to have each and every member together with us if the need ever arises because we’re stronger together. We will always hold true to the mentality that the voice of the people matter and we’ll always have your back, even in the halls of government.

Paul Basha

Sincerely,

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Paul Basha
President and Chief Executive Officer

Support your co-op

At YEC, we’re always prepared to go to work for you in any storm. Although we can’t predict if the need would ever arise, we’d like to know we can call on our members to support their co-op. Join your fellow YEC members on our grassroots contact list. Visit yorkelectric.net/grassroots to enter your information. We’ll call you if we need you. Until then, we’ll keep your information safe.