Our linemen, our lifelines

Keep­ing your lights on is our pri­or­i­ty at YEC. That’s why we focus on pro­vid­ing you with the best–the best ser­vice at the best price by the best peo­ple. I’m a lit­tle biased, but our employ­ees are the best at tak­ing care of you. Our mem­bers are always first, even in the worst weath­er con­di­tions. Our ded­i­ca­tion to you is no small task. We are proud to say we have safe­ly respond­ed to more than 99 per­cent of out­ages in less than an hour and in doing so, won the 2017 safe­ty award for the Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tives of South Car­oli­na. To work quick­ly and safe­ly takes skill, focus, dis­ci­pline and deter­mi­na­tion. These qual­i­ties are found in each of our line­men who work tire­less­ly to keep your lights on each day. We train for the worst, nev­er tak­ing the haz­ards of our work for grant­ed. Our line­men are the heart­beat of YEC, and we can’t thank them enough for their ded­i­ca­tion.

To cel­e­brate their accom­plish­ments, we join oth­er coop­er­a­tives to cel­e­brate Nation­al Line­man Appre­ci­a­tion Day on April 18. If you would like to show your sup­port, write to us on social media, #YECLine­men­Rock, to share your thoughts. You can even get your kids involved! All first-grade stu­dents are invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate in our annu­al Line­men Gear Up for Safe­ty Col­or­ing Con­test, the dead­line for entries is Fri­day, April 27. Down­load the col­or­ing sheet and learn more about the first, sec­ond and third place win­ners.

 

In addi­tion to the hard work from our line­men, I would also like to share a few sys­tem upgrades that have decreased out­age num­bers and improved restora­tion times. We have:

• Com­plet­ed instal­la­tions to update Tirzah sub­sta­tion and have start­ed mak­ing addi­tion­al improve­ments to our Lake­view and India Hook sub­sta­tions, increas­ing capac­i­ty and improv­ing reli­a­bil­i­ty.
• Main­tained a true five-year rota­tion for right-of-way trim­ming.
• Installed ani­mal guards on a large por­tion of our sys­tem to pre­vent out­ages.

Although we strive to keep your pow­er on, some­times out­ages are out of our con­trol. To help you under­stand more about why out­ages occur, what we do to pre­vent them and our restora­tion process, check out our videos on social media where line­men share insight about out­age sit­u­a­tions. Empow­er­ing you about elec­tric­i­ty not only keeps you safe, but knowl­edge­able about how your Coop­er­a­tive is work­ing for you.

 

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Our blood runs the co-op way

YEC employ­ees give back with the gift of life. Togeth­er with a few pub­lic vol­un­teers, your Coop­er­a­tive col­lect­ed 30 units of blood, which is enough to ben­e­fit up to 90 peo­ple in need. Inter­est­ed in sav­ing a life? Go to redcrossblood.org to find a dri­ve near you!