Here we are at the end of 2022! October marked my one-year anniversary at Little River Electric Cooperative. So much has happened this past year. We wrapped up a great Annual Meeting in September. Thank you to the 1,123 members that came out to register and vote. As a result, the new Bylaws passed with […]
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Driving Through: 2022 Annual Meeting Recap
Little River Electric Cooperative held its drive-thru annual meeting registration and voting event September 6, 8, 16, and 17. Members were once again able to register for their annual meeting on four separate days and at three different locations. Because of the convenient access, 1,123 members registered and voted to approve the recommended bylaw changes. […]
Players named for the 2022 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl
The state’s top high school football players will face off one last time this season in the 2022 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 10. The annual north-south game, organized by the S.C. Athletic Coaches Association, takes place at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach with a noon kickoff. Get There WHEN: […]
Celebrating membership
Fall is a busy time, and October is a particularly eventful month with school, community, and sports activities in full swing. It’s also when all cooperatives celebrate National Co-op Month. The cooperative business model has been around since the 19th century, and it’s used successfully in many different industries—grocery, agriculture, and utility, just to name […]
Teen service project brings blessings
The blessings continue to abound for Emalee Mann and her community. Mann’s summer service project— Boxes and Bottles of Blessings—not only helped neighbors in need in Abbeville County, but it’s also supporting her education. The senior at Dixie High School in Due West is the winner of the 2022 R.D. Bennett Community Service Scholarship, a […]
Little River Electric Cooperative 2022 Annual Meeting
The annual business meeting of the members of Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc. was live streamed on Sept. 17 at 12:30 p.m. on the co-op’s Facebook page. The official results from the annual meeting votes are below. Quorum – 562 Registered Members – 1,123 Bylaw Votes – 1,008 “Yes” – 739 “No to reduce board […]
The financial report for year ending Dec. 31, 2021
How Your Money Was Spent Gross revenue: $29,497,478.00 • 1.00 Wholesale power: 15,519,582.00 • .53 Cost of Operations: 9,073,522.00 • .31 Depreciation: 2,042,836.00 • .07 Interest: 1,089,356.00 • .04 Operating margin: 1,772,182.00 • .06 Balance sheet Assets and other debits: Electric plant in service (net): $59,010,801 Investments in associated organizations: 4,068,748 Cash and temporary investments: […]
2021 Annual Meeting minutes
Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc. held its 2021 membership meeting at 12:30 p.m. on September 25, 2021, by real-time virtual meeting streamed on their website and Facebook page. The business session was called to order by W.F. (Bill) Davis Sr., President of the board. The invocation was given by Eric Gray, Little River employee. Anne […]
More than a field trip
If you’re ever fortunate enough to look through the portals atop the Washington Monument, you’d see all our nation’s capital—the museums, the monuments, the history, and the opportunities. In June, a student from our area got to experience much of what Washington, D.C. has to offer—including the view from above—thanks to Little River Electric. Dixie […]
Vote to reduce board size
During Little River Electric Cooperative’s 2022 Annual Meeting event in September, the Board of Trustees will ask for the members’ vote to reduce the number of Trustees from a maximum of ten under the current Bylaws to an eventual and fixed number of seven under the proposed new Bylaws. When fully implemented, this change is […]
