Aiken Electric Cooperative Invests in Western Orangeburg County Industrial Park

Orangeburg County, SC – The Orangeburg County Development Commission is pleased to announce addi-tional funding for the Western Orangeburg County Industrial Park. Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc. has al-located $100,000 in RDA (Rural Development Act) funds to be used for infrastructure associated with the de-velopment of the park. RDA funds are monies that the Cooperative would otherwise pay to the state of South Carolina in the form of gross tax receipts; however, the RDA Act of 1996 allows the Cooperative to, instead, invest these funds locally. Read more