Hello everyone and happy new year! I hope you all had a great holiday season. Let me introduce myself. I am the new General Manager of Little River Electric Cooperative. I’m excited and humbled to be joining the “family” of an organization with a strong community commitment. I am very thankful for the mentorship the […]
News & Events
Charping Knew Co-op Was the Place for Him
‘It turns out, I was right’ When he was 17, Clay Charping was delivering gas for Beaty Oil Company. One of his stops was Little River Electric, and there were two things about the cooperative that made Charping want to be there permanently. “I knew I wanted to work outside,” recounts Charping. “And I knew […]
Youth Tour & Summit
Ready for an experience you won’t forget? Your co-op has two amazing trips planned this summer. Juniors: Apply for the Washington Youth Tour. Sophomores: Apply for the Cooperative Youth Summit. Juniors: Experience Washington, D.C., with hundreds of students from across South Carolina and the country, meeting lawmakers and touring all the sights. Your electric co-op […]
Thanks for all the great years
Here we are at the end of the year and the end of my career at Little River. I have been proud to serve you for 47½ years. I have always felt that LREC has provided great service to our members. Each job and person here is a vital part of the delivery of energy […]
Familiar faces drive successful meeting
Little River Electric held another successful annual meeting in September. The cooperative once again offered its members the opportunity to register at drive-thru locations throughout its territory over multiple days—Sept. 18, 24 and 25. That accessibility resulted in 1,324 members registering, allowing Little River Electric to meet the required meeting quorum of 5% of the […]
Electric Cooperatives Host “Ride Across South Carolina” to Raise Awareness for Heart Disease
The Electric Cooperative Ride Across South Carolina is a seven-day, 648-mile ride with stops at 18 cooperatives. Starting on October 25th, 2021 in the Upstate and ending in the Low Country on November 2nd, 20 cyclists will make their way through the state building awareness for heart disease and offering heart screenings to more than […]
A matter of co-op principles
Ace Hardware, State Farm, REI, Land O’Lakes, and Little River Electric all share something in common: they’re all cooperatives. Although the industries differ, we share a passion for serving our members and helping our communities to thrive. In fact, all cooperatives adhere to the same set of seven principles that reflect our core values of […]
One big helpful family
Members benefit from LREC’s alliances It’s nice to have extended family when you need a helping hand. The favorite aunt who is always available to do school pickup or the uncle who knows how to fix the garage door. What would you do without the cousin who has a trailer for when something needs to […]
2021 Annual Meeting Livestream, September 25
The annual business meeting of the members of Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc. will be live-streamed on Sept. 25 at 12:30 p.m. on our Facebook page. Can’t watch live? Visit our website beginning on Monday, Sept. 25, and click the link in the sitewide announcement banner to watch a recording of the meeting. Visit our […]
LREC sends student to Virtual Youth Experience
For students who spent their school year transitioning from distance learning to the classroom, Virtual Youth Experience was an appropriate way to begin their summer. In June, Savannah Wojtkowski of Dixie High School was among 74 high-achieving students that participated in a week-long, part web conference, part in-person event sponsored by South Carolina’s electric cooperatives. […]
