Community Growth Engage Palmetto Electric Co Op around its annual meetings and community giving initiatives to offer scalable solutions for member engagement platforms, event management, and data analytics to support large member participation.

Rural Connectivity Leverage Palmetto Electric’s collaboration history with wireless/internet initiatives (PalmettoLink) to propose broadband-enabling products, rural network upgrades, and IoT solutions for remote assets and smart grid pilots.

Tax Credit Programs Position utility tax credit programs as a gateway for bundled services (financing, energy management, and equipment upgrades) to help member counties optimize funding use and accelerate technology adoption.

Small-scale Operations With a lean employee base and <$1M revenue, offer cost-effective, scalable manufacturing and IT solutions (cloud, CMS, analytics) tailored for small co-ops entering digital modernization without large upfront investments.

Strategic Partnerships Highlight opportunities to deepen ties with regional economic development and utility partners (SC Power Team, SouthernCarolina Alliance) to co-create pilot programs and secure joint funding for infrastructure and equipment upgrades.