Cooperative nonprofit membership corporations may be organized under this chapter for the purpose of supplying electric energy and promoting and extending the use thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 33-49-210
Purpose of organization under this chapter
Known as the Electric Cooperative Act
The act spans §§ 33–33 (70 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Carolina Power & Light Co. v. City of Bennettsville (1994)
Most recently applied in City of Newberry v. Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc. (January 2003)
1962 Code SECTION 12-1021; 1952 Code SECTION 12-1021; 1942 Code SECTION 8555-92; 1939 (41) 240; 2004 Act No. 179, SECTION 4.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.