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Central Electric Power Cooperative provides wholesale power aggregation services to Santee Electric and 19 other electric distribution co-ops in South Carolina through purchase agreements with Santee Cooper, Duke Energy Carolinas and other power providers. Earlier this year, Santee Electric leaders signed a new contract with Central. Shown here are Santee Electric Board Chairman Stanley S. Paley (seated, left) with Central Board Chairman Lawrence J. Hinz. Behind them (from left) are Santee Electric Board Second Vice Chairman Andy D. McKnight and Santee Electric CEO and President Floyd L. Keels and Central President and CEO Ronald J. Calcaterra. Later in May, Central signed a multi-billion-dollar, cost-saving extension of an agreement to purchase power from Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility.