How many customers does Santee Cooper have?
A. Santee Cooper provides electricity to approximately 160,000 residents and businesses directly, as well as to 32 large industrial customers, the municipalities of Bamberg and Georgetown and the Charleston Air Force Base. Additionally, we provide electricity to the state’s 20 electric cooperative who service nearly 685,000 metered customers in all 46 counties of South Carolina. In total, 2 million South Carolinians receive power from Santee Cooper. (1 meter = 2.