As a community-based organization in the Upstate, Broad River Electric Cooperative recognizes the role and responsibility that we have to support our local students and cultivate future leaders. That’s why we created the scholarship award for which members can nominate […]
Education
Giving back to schools
Upstate Family Resource Center runs an afterschool program for the Boiling Springs area with a focus on elementary school-age kids. The Center was among the schools and organizations that received support from the cooperative for supplies and materials for their […]
Money for college
Blacksburg native Alexis Miller, then a student at Oakbrook Preparatory School, won a $1,000 scholarship when her name was drawn at the 2017 Annual Meeting. She attended Berry College and graduated magna cum laude in 2020. Photo credit: Walter Allread […]
BREC awards Bright Ideas grants to teachers
Recognizing that teachers often have the right perspective to shape their students’ classroom experiences, Broad River Electric Cooperative and our Charities Board offer Bright Ideas Educator Grants to local teachers to help make their visions a reality. In October, Broad […]
Ready for an experience you won’t forget?
Your co-op has two amazing trips planned this summer. Juniors: Apply for the Washington Youth Tour. Sophomores: Apply for the Cooperative Youth Summit. Juniors: Experience Washington, D.C., with hundreds of students from across South Carolina and the country, meeting lawmakers […]
School supplies giveaway
Broad River Electric is already gearing up to send kids back to school this month. To help our members and their families prepare, the cooperative’s School Supply Project is providing students from across our service area with basic school needs […]
Education grants for bright ideas: Apply online by July 31, 2022
We know there are a lot of creative and innovative teachers in our local schools. Unfortunately, they don’t always have the funding they need to carry out their best-laid plans in the classroom. Blacksburg High students Kara Martin and Adam […]
10 Energy Conservation Ideas
Energy conservation is something that you can put into practice right now. Here are some you can get started with today. Turn your refridgerator down. Refridgerators account for as much as 13.7% of the total household energy use. To increase […]
Idle Electronics Can Cause Your Utility Bills to Remain High
According to a Consumer Electronics Association study, the average American household has 28 electronic products that must use electricity until they are charged enough for use, or remain plugged in until ready for use. How many do you think your […]
Children’s Book Challenge: New Energy Technologies
South Carolina’s electric cooperatives want students across the state to become book authors. Fourth and fifth-grade students from South Carolina are invited to write and illustrate a children’s book focused on new technologies in the energy industry such as solar […]