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Laurens Electric Cooperative names Youth Trips winners

March 21, 2019

Victoria Bass, Amber Goolsby, and Jaimeen Shah are the winners of an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. sponsored by Laurens Electric Cooperative. They will travel

Pay It Forward – February 2019 – Kim Greene

February 28, 2019

When Field Service Technician Kim Greene was selected in February as Laurens Electric’s employee Pay It Forward recipient, she chose to spread the love around

Santa’s Special Pay It Forward – January 2019

February 7, 2019

As a seasonal volunteer-employee of LEC, the co-op has decided that Santa Claus should also have the chance to participate in its employee Pay It

Pay It Forward – January 2019 – Dennis Fox

January 31, 2019

Dennis Fox, a Security Consultant for ProTec Services (a division of LEC), paid forward $500 to the Laurens County Humane Society as part of Laurens

W.I.R.E.’s Jenny Ballard Scholarship

January 30, 2019

Jenny Ballard co-founded WIRE (Women Involved in Rural Electrification) in 1981, and is the wife of then ECSC Chief Executive Officer, Al Ballard. This scholarship,

Pay It Forward – December 2018 – Crystal West

December 18, 2018

December’s recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds, Customer Service Representative Crystal West, paid forward $500 to the Hensley family of Taylors. The Hensley’s two-year

Pay It Forward – November 2018 – Barry Hodges

December 18, 2018

November’s recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds, Contract Superintendent Barry Hodges, paid forward $500 to Mrs. McNeely’s 4th grade class at Fork Shoals Elementary School.

Pay It Forward – October 2018 – Drew Munyan

November 15, 2018

October’s recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds, Lineman Drew Munyan, paid forward $500 to Straight Street in Laurens. The youth center, located downtown at

Pay It Forward – September 2018 – Keith Burbage

October 3, 2018

September’s recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds, Field Technician Keith Burbage, paid forward $500 to Laurens County Cancer Association’s annual 5k Walk/Run on

It pays to be a co-op member

October 1, 2018

Laurens Electric Cooperative will refund $1,000,000 in patronage capital credits during the month of October. As a member-owned electric utility, the cooperative has returned $15,873,479

Watching storm pass on a power outage map: ‘It’s spooky.’

September 14, 2018

While Laurens Electric continues to monitor and prepare, co-ops in the low-country are already experiencing power outages. A slow-motion movie plays on the electric cooperatives’ outage

Power repair work could be delayed by slow-moving storm

September 13, 2018

A message from The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina The predicted slow movement of Hurricane Florence across South Carolina could delay the beginning of repairs,