Palmetto Electric Cooperative Inc

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Palmetto Electric's customers will soon be seeing a revamped monthly statement beginning February 2011. Bills will include a graph showing energy use, kWh, over the past 13 months, allowing customers to readily see their monthly energy totals.

Just as you can get a cheaper airfare by catching a red-eye flight, using energy when fewer folks are pulling power out of the electric grid generally costs your co-op, and ultimately you and your neigbors, much less.

Palmetto Electric Trust and Palmetto Electric Cooperative awarded $30,095 in the seventh annual Bright Ideas grant program

On Thursday, October 28 and Friday, October 29, the Cooperative's Bright Ideas Patrol presented the money where it will be spent — in the teachers' classrooms. This year, a total of 42 grants will benefit more than 7,000 students in southern Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper counties.

Thankful to give back
In these challenging times, all of us at Palmetto Electric are proud to be part of an organization that has Commitment to Community, one of the seven Cooperative Principles, built into its foundation.

If your home is more than 10 years old, it likely needs more insulation. How much depends on a variety of factors, most importantly where you live. For example, insulation for a home in the Northeast will have a higher R-value rating than a home in Southern California. Check out www.simplyinsulate.com to find out more.