Dialogue
Electric co-ops power communities in more ways than one (plus a pop quiz)
Think you know what your electric cooperative does? This fill-in-the-blank challenge may surprise you.
Oct 1, 2025
No trip is complete without a good meal with good people, good stories
When you plan your next day trip, also plan to stop at places like Scott’s Bar-B-Que, the Wagon Wheel Restaurant and Mr. Bunky’s Market.
Sep 1, 2025
SC’s Congaree National Park is a place worth preserving
“We need places that have been left alone,” says one of the men who drove the effort to create South Carolina’s first national park. It’s hard not to agree with him.
Aug 1, 2025
Like sharing stories with an old friend—in your hands every month
In an increasingly digital world, nothing can replace that feeling of flipping the pages of a magazine with your own hands—pages that share wonderful stories about the people and places around you.
Jun 1, 2025
Connecting to our history through people who shaped communities
We gravitate to stories about the real people who shaped our communities ahead of us—people like John Spratt and his influential ancestors.
May 1, 2025
Darla Moore’s intentional investment should inspire us
We can preserve and enhance our beloved home communities for generations to come.
Apr 1, 2025
The places we treasure
We’re blessed to live among so many special people and unique places that enrich us.
Mar 1, 2025
Three steps for the good
It’s not enough to just meet in the middle. A congressman’s father teaches us to take the extra step.
Feb 1, 2025
SC’s electric co-ops get the best of both worlds
Co-ops have the buying power of big businesses while keeping the character you expect from small, local companies. Thank CEEUS.
Jan 1, 2025
Hurt lingers after Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene stretched South Carolina electric co-ops’ resources and resiliency, but the storm also seemed to have expanded our hearts.
Nov 1, 2024
Ron’s spreadsheet
Reflections on a co-op leader’s idea for home improvements for people who need them most
Oct 1, 2024
Putting down roots
It’s one thing to be from a place, but another to truly be of that place.
Sep 1, 2024
A past worth preserving
Change is inevitable, but it’s up to each of us to preserve what made our communities so great in the first place.
Aug 1, 2024
Our connection to place, and each other
What makes rural South Carolina such a wonderful place to live, work and play? Our sense of community and connection.
Jul 1, 2024
Histories, memories and meanings
A small porch overlooking the McMillan family’s Oconee County farm is the ideal location to contemplate the meaning of place.
Jun 1, 2024
Rowing upstream to safety
What’s the best way to promote safety among South Carolina’s electric cooperative lineworkers? Make it a competition.
May 1, 2024
Memories and hope on the back roads
Forget the interstate highways. If you want to see the real South Carolina, take the back roads.
Apr 1, 2024
An order of operations
South Carolina’s electric cooperatives are working carefully to build the future electric grid.
Mar 1, 2024
The power of our stories
When electric cooperatives lobby state and federal lawmakers, our best asset is simply telling the truth about who we are and the people we serve.
Feb 1, 2024
Their lights came on
State and federal lawmakers often have a “lightbulb moment” when they truly understand the mission of South Carolina’s electric cooperatives.
Jan 1, 2024
