Electric

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Since 1911, ECU has taken great pride in providing a reliable source of electricity to the residents of Easley. With continued safety and education programs, a right of way maintenance and tree trimming program, ECU strives to offer the best and safest service to its community. In the event of a major storm or widespread outage, we can call upon other member cities of the South Carolina Association of Municipal Power Systems (SCAMPS) for assistance through a mutual aid agreement.

• Operated by ECU since 1911
• 5 delivery points serving 18 distribution feeder circuits of 7,200/12,470 volts servicing 34.7 sq miles.
• Service area primarily within city limits of Easley but also serves community of Dacusville

• ECU is a member of PMPA
  • PMPA serves as ECU’s sole power supply provider until retirement of PMPA debt (presently, 2035)
  • PMPA owns 25% share of Catawba Nuclear Unit #2
    • During FY 2006, Catawba constituted approx. 73% of System’s PMPA power costs
    • Where PMPA’s peak demand exceeds capacity of Catawba (276.6 MW), Duke Power is contractually obligated to provide necessary supplemental power
• System also purchases power from Southeastern Power Administration ("SEPA")
• Peak shaving generation facility of 6.4 MW was constructed in 1993
  • Reduces supplemental power purchases from Duke with cost savings passed through PMPA to System

• Approximately 12,940 customers
  • 87 % of customers are residential
  • 78% of customers reside within the city limits
  • Sales for fiscal year 2006 of 279 million kWh
  • Revenues for fiscal year 2006 of $25.5 million
• Average bill for an inside city resident based on 1000 kWh is $95.30