1,277 Laurens Electric Cooperative members without power

Crews will work around the clock; 100 additional lineworkers assisting Employees of Laurens Electric Cooperative have responded to thousands of reports of power outages in the aftermath of today’s winter storm, most in Laurens County. High winds, falling trees, and snow and ice, are responsible for most of the damage. The storm is currently affecting…


Upstate high school students compete for $5,000 scholarship

For immediate release   July 20, 2020   Contact: Chase Toler, 803-727-5205, chase.toler@ecsc.org |  Van O’Cain, 803-609-8978, van.ocain@ecsc.org   Upstate high school students compete for $5,000 scholarship Eight Upstate high school students are competing with students from across South Carolina for a chance at a $5,000 college scholarship in a competition sponsored by the state’s…


Laurens Electric offers golfers shot at $1 million

Come to the Haas Family Golf Center (formerly Eagle Zone) on Pelham Road in Greenville Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 for a chance to win $1 million in Laurens Electric Cooperative’s 17th Annual Hole In One Shootout. All proceeds from the event will benefit Laurens Electric’s Community Impact Initiative, which provides grants to…


Laurens Electric crews restore power, one by one

Less than 100 remain without power Tuesday evening  Laurens Electric line crews worked throughout the day bringing the number of outages to less than 100 as of 5:00 p.m. The remaining outages are “single calls,” meaning each problem resolved in the field equates to an individual or a handful of members getting power back. That…


Laurens Electric Cooperative names Washington Youth Tour winners

Justin Easter, Cole Prince and Savannah Walters are the winners of an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. sponsored by Laurens Electric Cooperative. They will travel with other South Carolina students to the nation’s capital where they will join more than 1,400 students from across the country. The nation’s electric cooperatives sponsor the one-week event each…


LEC announces second community solar offering

Laurens Electric Cooperative will add 150 kilowatts (kW) of capacity to its community solar program this summer, by adding 60 kW to its Mauldin solar farm and building a 90 kW solar array at its Laurens headquarters. Jim Donahoo, the co-op’s Vice President of Marketing said, “We’re excited to announce this second phase of our…


Laurens Electric offers students free trip to Washington, D.C.

An expense-paid week in Washington, D.C. will be awarded to two students by Laurens Electric Cooperative, according to Jim Donahoo, the co-op’s Director of Marketing. The annual Washington Youth Tour contest includes submitting an application and participating in an interview process. After co-op officials judge the entrants, two students will be awarded the trip, which…


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