Right now, America’s energy system is undergoing a fundamental transformation — and much of the focus in Washington is on large utilities in urban areas. Electric cooperatives are fundamentally different. Our cooperative is owned by YOU, the consumer-member, and we care about the future of your family and our communities.

Pee Dee Electric works hard to recognize and meet the needs of your family and neighbors to provide affordable, reliable power to the communities we serve. But energy affordability and reliability mean different things to different communities—consumer-members living in the most remote corners of America have a different set of challenges than members living in more populated areas.

We invite you to join Voices for Cooperative Power (VCP), a new nationwide community designed to help co-op consumer-members just like you share your story with elected officials.

Elected officials need to hear regularly from their constituents about the issues that matter to them in order to make decisions about what is best for those they represent, their constituents. Only by communicating and building relationships with our representatives can we effectively influence the outcome of public policy debates that affect every aspect of the way cooperatives operate. Therefore, Pee Dee Electric is partnering with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on a new program to make it easy for our consumer-members like you to join the discussion and let our voices be heard.

We invite you to join Voices for Cooperative Power (VCP), a new nationwide community designed to help co-op consumer-members just like you share your story with elected officials. We know that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to energy policies, so as an electric cooperative consumer-member, speaking up on issues that impact your electric co-op sends a message to elected officials about the unique needs of our communities — and their constituencies.

VCP makes it easy to have a say in policy decisions that impact you, because you can customize your experience by choosing the issues most important to you, from access to broadband technology and energy efficiency, to renewable energy and rural development, and much more. VCP members will receive updates on those issues, and when needed, information on how to contact elected officials and government agencies on proposed legislation or regulations.

We cannot shape the future of energy at Pee Dee Electric and across the United States without your input and support. Co-ops have democracy built into the very fabric of our business model, so we encourage you to use your voice to help ensure that electric co-ops can continue to provide reliable, affordable energy to consumer-members like you for generations to come. Take a moment today to join the movement!