Electricity Companies
Greer Commission of Public Works
CPW began providing electric service in 1914, when a coal powered generation plant was built on the site which is now the Vehicle Maintenance Facility. This two-wire system generated 2,300 volts of electricity. In the 1930’s, the Commission began buying power from the Southern Utility Company to supplement its supply of electricity. In the 1970’s, the Commission joined with other municipal utilities through the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency to purchase 25 percent of a reactor at the Catawba Nuclear Power Plant. Currently, their electric power is supplied by this jointly-owned reactor.
Greer CPW maintains four high voltage substations. Power is transmitted over 193 miles of overhead and 184 miles of underground distribution lines. Greer CPW provides electric service to over 16,000 customers.
The City of Greer, with northern boundaries extending to Henderson Road on Highway 14 North, on Highway 101 to Johnson Road and on Highway 290 to North Rutherford Road and slightly beyond. The southern boundaries extend from Westmoreland Road on Highway 14 South (this feeds the Bent Creek Plantation Subdivision) to the southern end of Brockman-McClimon Road to Liberty Hill Road then to the south end of Highway 101 at Freeman Farm Road. We now serve a new elementary school on Abner Creek Road and a lift station on Burns Road. The eastern boundaries are Highway 80 on Highway 29 past the South Tyger River. The western boundaries are Fairview Road on Highway 29 and Suber Road off Hood Road. Greer CPW manages approximately 16,100 electric meters within its service area.
Greer Commission of Public Works
301 McCall Street
Greer, SC 29652
(864) 848-5500
http://www.greercpw.com/
Duke Energy
Duke Energy, one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, serves approximately 2.4 million customers in North and South Carolina. Its 48-county service area encompasses some 24,000 square mile through the two states. Duke Energy has generating capability of 18,137,000 kilowatts, which is comprised of 7,316,000 kilowatts from coal-fired stations, 7,054,000 kilowatts from nuclear-fueled steam stations, 2,682,000 kilowatts from hydroelectric stations, 486,000 kilowatts bought from other utilities, and 599,000 kilowatts from oil & gas.
Duke Energy - Clark Gillespy
clark.gillespy@duke-energy.com
Duke Energy Carolinas
PO Box 1006 (EC02ZK)
Charlotte, NC 28201-1006
http://www.considerthecarolinas.com/default.asp
Laurens Electric Cooperatives Inc.
Laurens Electric Cooperative is a member-owned rural electric cooperative in Upstate South Carolina. It was organized in May of 1939 by a group of citizens who were concerned that rural families were not receiving electricity because the power companies could not operate with a profit serving sparsely populated areas. Laurens Electric Cooperative serves more than 53,000 consumers in Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Abbeville, Newberry, and Union counties.
Laurens Electric Cooperative
2254 Highway 14
Laurens, SC 29360
1-800-942-3141
http://www.laurenselectric.com/