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Fairfield Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FEC) is a not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative with offices in Blythewood and Winnsboro, South Carolina.
The Cooperative serves more than 32,000 customers in Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland, Chester, and York counties. Fairfield Electric is one of twenty electric cooperatives in South Carolina. Together, these cooperatives serve more than 500,000 members across more than 70% of our state.
Our Mission
Our mission statement is: To provide our members quality energy services at a fair and reasonable price.
This mission provides the foundation for everything we do, from ensuring system reliability to offering programs that help our members improve the energy efficiency of their homes. But we carry this mission beyond the boundaries of our own business, for we believe that to truly serve our customers, we must also serve our community.
Our Vision
Our Vision keeps us focused on the service we provide and what we want our cooperative to be.
Our vision statement is: A unified team dedicated to enhancing the lives of our members with safe, reliable, and innovative services.
Strategic Plan
We have developed a strategic plan and identified seven key areas for improvement. They are Community & Member Engagement, Human Resources, Operational Excellence, Financial Sustainability, Technology & Innovation, Safety, Security & Resilience, and Governance & Leadership. Objectives have been created to improve all of these areas. Specific action items have been set with completion dates. The plan will serve as a guide as we work to provide the best service possible.
Because we're a locally owned business, our operation isn't influenced by stockholders or out-of-state interests. In fact, the people who influence our business decisions are the people we serve, our member-owners.
At annual meetings, our members elect our Board of Trustees, the governing body of our cooperative. We also return excess funds to our members as Capital Credits, one of the many benefits of ownership for which cooperatives like ours are highly regarded.