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For well over half a century, Edisto Electric has delivered quality power at affordable prices to commercial, industrial and residential members of every description. Today, as sophisticated and sensitive electronic equipment continues to increase in our service area, reliable electricity is more vital than ever before. We’re dedicated to ensuring that our distribution system meets our customers’ needs consistently because we understand that power losses mean money losses … and because, to us, losses of either kind are unacceptable.
We’re constantly researching and implementing new technologies that improve efficiency and reliability. We conduct pole-to-pole inspections and regularly initiate new programs to improve electrical distribution system grounds, substation capacity and sectionalizing.
In short, we provide reliable service and, when problems do arise, we attend to them quickly. We recognize that these are essential elements to the continued productivity and profitability of our commercial and industrial clients.
Decades of careful growth and planning have made Edisto Electric a remarkably stable electric provider whose customers enjoy quality electric service at affordable prices.
Contributing to this stability is our alliance with Santee Cooper and electric cooperatives throughout our state. Because we’re part of a statewide transmission and distribution system, we’re able to keep the wholesale rates we pay low and assure our members an abundance of reasonably priced power.
Another factor contributing to the stability of our rates is the very nature of the local cooperative itself. As a not-for-profit organization, local electric cooperatives operate solely to provide electricity, not to increase profit for shareholders.
These stable, affordable rates bring about business growth which, in turn, has far-reaching effects on the quality of life enjoyed by all our members.
Because we live among the people we serve, we have a significant stake in the economic well-being of the community we serve. This is also why we partner with state and local economic development organizations to attract new business to our service territory and encourage existing business to expand. As a member of The South Carolina Power Team, a unique power production, distribution and marketing alliance, we’re in a position to provide exceptional service to business and industry.
The Power Team consists of Santee Cooper, a state-owned electric utility; 20 electric distribution cooperatives; and Palmetto Economic Development Corporation, an economic development marketing organization.
This powerful coalition enables Edisto Electric to effectively serve customers and maintain consistently low rates. By providing engineering assistance, incentive rates and loan and grant programs, the Power Team also encourages development and creates jobs in South Carolina’s lowcountry.
Edisto Electric doesn’t stop at encouraging new growth, however. We’ve developed a wide range of programs for commercial and residential customers. In addition, we meet with our industrial members on a regular basis to gauge their satisfaction with our service and gain insight into how we might serve them better. By actively soliciting input and always listening closely to what our members have to say, we’re often able to anticipate and always able to respond quickly to our members’ needs.