Community Partnership: Piedmont Medical Center

As con­sumer demand for elec­tric vehi­cles (EVs) increas­es, York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive has been installing pub­lic charg­ing sta­tions at sev­er­al loca­tions through­out its ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry in an effort to under­stand mem­ber expec­ta­tions, learn about the ser­vice and pre­pare for its impact on the elec­tri­cal grid.

This ini­tia­tive is the lat­est evi­dence of YEC’s com­mit­ment to pro­vid­ing afford­able and reli­able ener­gy to its mem­bers while offer­ing pro­grams and ser­vices that enhance your qual­i­ty of life.

YEC recent­ly installed an EV charg­ing sta­tion at Pied­mont Med­ical Center’s Fort Mill cam­pus, a deci­sion that increas­es acces­si­bil­i­ty for EV own­ers in the Fort Mill com­mu­ni­ty.

Chris Mitchell, CEO of Pied­mont Med­ical Cen­ter Fort Mill, is enthu­si­as­tic about the col­lab­o­ra­tion and the impact it has had on PMC patients, vis­i­tors and employ­ees, which is a con­tin­u­a­tion of the deci­sion to con­struct a Fort Mill cam­pus.

In 2020, Fort Mill res­i­dents could access local ser­vices from PMC for the first time with the addi­tion of a free-stand­ing emer­gency depart­ment. Mitchell and oth­er staff mem­bers not­ed pos­i­tive feed­back from com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, who embraced a near­by med­ical care ser­vice. The larg­er cam­pus, locat­ed off High­way 160, is an exten­sion of PMC’s goal to pro­vide an option for qual­i­ty care with­in Fort Mill, the fastest grow­ing sec­tion of York Coun­ty.

PMC designed its Fort Mill cam­pus with con­ve­nience and acces­si­bil­i­ty in mind for patients and their fam­i­lies. Mitchell says YEC’s pro­pos­al to install a pub­lic charg­ing sta­tion was a nat­ur­al exten­sion of this goal. Each EV charg­er is the lat­est effort from PMC to cre­ate a com­fort­able envi­ron­ment where elec­tric vehi­cle own­ers will be less stressed when they or their loved ones are receiv­ing care. 

Mitchell says the ser­vice also is an attrac­tive ben­e­fit to poten­tial employ­ees, who may see an onsite pub­lic charg­ing sta­tion as a dif­fer­en­tia­tor from oth­er employ­ers. For cur­rent employ­ees who own an EV, the sta­tion allows them to charge their vehi­cles at their job, remov­ing one more obsta­cle that may pre­vent them from pro­vid­ing excel­lent care to their patients.

“What res­onates most with me is that YEC works real­ly sim­i­lar to PMC,” says Mitchell, who is a YEC mem­ber at home, as well. “They’re very invest­ed in the com­mu­ni­ty, and that’s why this rela­tion­ship has always worked so well. It’s not sur­pris­ing to walk into a key com­mu­ni­ty meet­ing and see some­one from the co-op there.”

YEC is always look­ing out for you and con­tin­ues to pro­vide ser­vices that enhance your dai­ly lives.