Our low rates, coupled with our aggressive pursuit of new industry and strategic alliances with a variety of economic development organizations, has contributed significantly to the growth of our state and local economies.

Commercial services:
Fairfield is a member of the South Carolina Power Team, a unique electric power production, distribution and marketing alliance created expressly to provide service to the businesses of South Carolina.

The Power Team consists of Santee Cooper, a state owned electric generating utility; Central Electric Power Cooperative, a generation and transmission cooperative; fifteen distribution electric cooperatives; and Palmetto Economic Development Corporation, an economic development marketing organization.

Covering approximately 70 percent of South Carolina's land mass, the Power Team has the largest transmission system and service area of any utility in the state. As of December 31, 1997 this system has constructed over 4,000 miles of transmission lines extending into 35 of South Carolina's 46 counties. The generation capacity is predominately coal and is augmented by a one-third ownership of the Summer Nuclear Plant.

In addition to these generation capacities, the Power Team is intertied throughout South Carolina with CP&L, SCE&G, Duke and the Southeastern Power Administration. Santee Cooper is also a member of the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council, which includes all power suppliers in the region with a generating capacity of 25 megawatts or greater.