industry electric utility founded 1940 headquarters ridgeland south carolina website palmetto electric palmetto electric cooperative inc. is a non profit electric utility cooperative headquartered in ridgeland south carolina . it has a membership of approximately 66 000 customers . 1 contents 1 history 2 leadership 3 service area 4 affiliations 5 energy sources 6 references history edit palmetto electric was formed in 1940 by a group of residents in response to the lack of service in rural areas by investor owned utility companies . by 1942 the company began servicing hampton county . shortly thereafter they began servicing jasper county . in 1950 they energized the first lines to hilton head island . 1 leadership edit palmetto electric cooperative is governed by 12 trustees six of whom reside in beaufort county three of whom reside in hampton county and three of whom reside in jasper county . board members serve terms of three years each . 2 as of january 2012 elected persons include deborah malphrus chairman jasper county c. alex ulmer vice chairman beaufort county jeremiah e. vaigneur secretary treasurer jasper county service area edit palmetto electric services beaufort hampton and jasper counties . there are offices located in the towns of hampton hilton head hardeeville and ridgeland . 3 affiliations edit electric cooperatives of south carolina provides legal services public relations and advertising employee training and insurance to members . national rural electric cooperative association palmetto economic development corporation touchstone energy 4 energy sources edit palmetto electric receives 100 % of its energy from santee cooper . references edit a b history . retrieved 23 january 2012 . board of directors . retrieved 23 january 2012 . service area . retrieved 23 january 2012 . affiliations . retrieved 23 january 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title palmetto electric & oldid 742333439 categories companies based in south carolinapower companies of the united stateselectric cooperatives of the united statesamerican companies established in 1940energy companies established in 1940 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 02 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view