The 2023 Lynches River Electric Cooperative Annual Meeting will be held via drive-thru on Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21 at our cooperative’s headquarters, located at 707 South Arant St. in Pageland. Drive-Thru Only Registration & Voting Friday, October 20 7 a.m.–7 p.m.: Registration & Voting The LREC lobby and the drive-thru will be […]
Preserving cooperative legacy
I’ve understood the importance of cooperative membership for as long as I can remember. One of my fondest memories is of my family and I serving supper to the linemen who had worked tirelessly to restore power in Heath Springs following the devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. This was an experience that forever […]
Annual Meeting a success
Lynches River Electric Cooperative’s second-ever drive-thru annual meeting, held Oct. 14–15, was a record-breaking success! A total of 2,219 members were registered, an all-time high. Members in District 8 elected Kevin Sims with 178 votes. Gary Sowell had 105 votes. In the uncontested elections, District 3 board member Theresa Hicks and District 6 board member […]
It’s annual meeting time
It’s that time of year again— Lynches River Electric Cooperative is gearing up for the 2022 Annual Meeting, which will be held Friday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 15 at the LREC office. Your board of trustees heard your overwhelmingly positive comments regarding last year’s drive-thru meeting and knew this was the direction we needed […]
Don’t get caught without power
The development of electrical power is certainly one of the greatest advancements of all time. So many technologies that make our lives more comfortable and convenient today are useless without electricity. That’s why an unexpected power outage—whether for a short period of time or longer—can be so frustrating. No one can predict when a power […]