Strategic Partnerships Opportunity to position service offerings around grid reliability and contingency planning by leveraging NEC's past collaboration with Santee Cooper and local service providers; tailor proposals that enhance transmission reliability and coordinated maintenance.

Asset Management Newberry operates multiple substations and is pursuing GPS inventory data; propose smart asset management, GIS mapping, and outage management solutions to optimize asset tracking, maintenance scheduling, and regulatory reporting.

Cybersecurity & Compliance Tech stack includes Sucuri and other security tools; offer enhanced cybersecurity, phishing resilience, and compliance consulting to protect critical grid infrastructure and customer data.

Community Engagement Active in community events and drive-through shred/food drives; present shared value programs, energy efficiency outreach, and rural electrification initiatives to deepen member engagement and adoption of efficiency programs.

Growth & Scale Fit Revenue size places NEC between small co-ops and larger utilities; position scalable solutions such as cloud-based ERP, outage analytics, and modern customer portal tools to support growth without overhauling current operations.