Pay It Forward – May 2018 – Dan McKinney

May’s recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds, Locator Dan McKinney, paid forward $500 to the family of Joy Albright, a single mother who was killed in a car accident May 5. Dan said “Joy leaves behind three children, ages 3, 5, and 7 years. She was on her way to work when tragedy…


Pay It Forward – April 2018 – Paula Lyles

   April’s recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds, Customer Service Representative Paula Lyles, paid forward $3,000 to Straight Street in Laurens. The youth center, located downtown at 220 West Main Street, provides an avenue of spiritual and social growth off the public street where youth, ages thirteen through nineteen, can meet with their friends in…


Trust. Innovation. Community.

As a not-for-profit electric cooperative owned by the people we serve, every decision and action at Laurens Electric Cooperative is centered on the benefit to our members. Bottom line, our primary goal is providing you with reliable, safe and affordable energy. But our service to you goes beyond poles and power lines.  We are your…


Golfers narrowly miss $1 million hole

Event proceeds to benefit the Community Impact Initiative Jason Tate of Mauldin came just 21 feet from winning $1 million in Saturday’s finals of Laurens Electric Cooperative’s Million Dollar Hole-in-One Shootout at Eagle Zone golf center on Pelham Road in Greenville. Tate won $1,000 for the closest-to-the-$1 million-hole shot. C. W. Crawford placed 2nd and won $500, followed by Brandon…


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