We’re celebrating 90 years of serving South Carolina, and we are excited to include customers in the celebration by giving you gifts! As part of our commitment to a sustainable future, we’re giving customers a flowering dogwood tree or a tomato plant for their homes or gardens.
If you’re a Santee Cooper customer, bring a copy of your bill to the Myrtle Beach Service Center at 1935 Mr. Joe White Ave. or the Moncks Corner Retail Office at 1 Riverwood Dr. between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on April 10.
It’s always been our pleasure to provide our customers with affordable, reliable, environmentally responsible power. We rank among the top utilities nationwide, consistently exceeding our reliability index goal of 99.994%, which means extremely reliable power with few outages . And we consistently have the lowest rates in the state compared with other large utilities.
Santee Cooper was created in 1934 to provide electricity to rural parts of South Carolina. On April 7, 1934, Governor Blackwood signed a bill to create the South Carolina Public Service Authority, known as Santee Cooper, to construct two reservoirs (Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie) and a hydroelectric plant to serve the rural South Carolina population, which in turn would spark prosperity in the Depression-ravaged state.
The Santee Cooper project became the nation’s biggest land-clearing effort and the largest Federal Works Progress Administration project east of the Mississippi River during the New Deal. More than 12,500 workers toiled for 27 months, clearing swamps and woodlands, building dams and dikes, and constructing a powerhouse and navigation lock. Along with hydro power, Santee Cooper now offers a mix of fuel sources, including solar, methane gas, natural gas and coal. We also provide clean, safe water to areas of the Lowcountry.
The entire Santee Cooper team – from customer service representatives, line technicians and energy advisors you may see in person to engineers, accountants and unit operators you may not meet – is dedicated to our mission to be the leading resource for improving the quality of life for all South Carolinians. We look forward to serving you for the next 90 years and many more after that. Thank you, again, for being a Santee Cooper customer.