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Laurens Electric prepared for disruptions from Coronavirus

March 14, 2020

Laurens Electric Cooperative will suspend disconnection due to non-payment during this national emergency. We are taking steps now to be prepared in the event there

Pay It Forward February 2020 – Shane Wright

February 28, 2020

Service Technician Shane Wright paid forward $500 to 13 year old Fountain Inn resident Kieli and her mother Lisa Bukacek. Kieli has been diagnosed with

Pay It Forward January 2020 – Telly Williams

January 29, 2020

Information Technology Help Desk Technician Telly Williams paid forward $500 to the Happy Wheels program at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital. Happy Wheels volunteers push a

Pay It Forward December 2019 – Joey Parker

January 6, 2020

Project Coordinator Joey Parker paid forward $500 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital . According to their website, stjude.org, treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the childhood

Laurens Electric offers students free trips and scholarship opportunity

December 31, 2019

Laurens Electric Cooperative is offering four local students an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. or Columbia, S.C., this summer. The annual Washington Youth Tour and

Service to membership honored by co-op in 2019

December 27, 2019

Tumblin named 2019 Employee of the Year Laurens Electric Cooperative has named Field Service Technician Jamie Tumblin its Employee of the Year for 2019. Supervisors

Pay It Forward November 2019 – Jean Hester

December 16, 2019

Cashier Jean Hester paid forward $500 to Simpsonville First Baptist Church’s Music Ministry for the Wilma Jones Ringers Handbell Choir. Jean, who has been a

Pay It Forward October 2019 – Jody Cousins

November 6, 2019

Pay It Forward October 2019 – Jody Cousins Lineman Jody Cousins paid forward $500 to Fostering Great Ideas, a 501 c3 non-profit that seeks to

Seven finalists named for South Carolina’s 2019 Mr. Football award

October 10, 2019

The Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl announces seven finalists for the South Carolina Mr. Football award. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association

Pay It Forward September 2019 – Ashton Curry

October 4, 2019

Cashier Ashton Curry paid forward $500 to a Laurens resident who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2018. Allyson Sherer has seen several

It pays to be a co-op member

October 2, 2019

Laurens Electric Cooperative will refund $1,000,000 in patronage Capital Credits during the month of October. If you had service with us in 1986/87, you may

Pay Forward August 2019 – Marie Bishop

September 18, 2019

LEC Payroll Administrator Marie Bishop paid forward $500 in toys, books, movies and other supplies to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Prisma Health–Upstate