Berkeley Electric Co-Op Inc.

Berkeley Electric Co-Op Inc., a South Carolina tax-exempt non-profit electric cooperative headquartered in Moncks Corner, operates as a sub-recipient on federal grant awards, receiving funding through the Adjutant General South Carolina as prime grantee to support disaster recovery and emergency power infrastructure work. The cooperative has no direct federal contract prime awards; all recent federal activity flows through grant sub-awards anchored to FEMA disaster declarations and state emergency management coordination.

Berkeley Electric's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in disaster recovery and emergency infrastructure. The cooperative has received 20 federal awards since 1981, but recent activity clusters tightly around post-disaster grant work: the Adjutant General South Carolina has issued ten sub-awards since August 2023, with four awards issued in 2026 alone (most recently May 5, 2026). The ten sub-awards span utility infrastructure restoration (electric poles and lines, power infrastructure in Berkeley County), emergency protective measures, and state management costs tied to federal disaster declarations — including Category B and Category F work under FEMA grant codes 815511, 815486, 815263, 696637, 702028, 66454, and 86490. Dollar magnitudes are modest; combined potential value across all 20 awards is $110 thousand, though combined obligated dollars total $1.9 million, indicating that many awards carry either sub-one-thousand potential values or have been fully obligated or de-obligated post-award.

The cooperative's activity trajectory shows volatility rather than growth: one award in 2021, one in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and four in 2026, reflecting emergency response cycles tied to disaster declarations rather than sustained federal program participation. The top customer by award count is FEMA (10 awards), followed by the Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (2 awards, $7 thousand combined potential value) and single awards from the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command ($30 thousand), the Department of the Army, and the Air Force Air Mobility Command ($6 thousand). The source does not identify specific FEMA or federal grant program names (CFDA numbers) beyond coded disaster-work descriptions. Berkeley Electric's NAICS profile aligns with its electric cooperative mission: the top NAICS categories are Electric Power Distribution (3 awards) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Dealers and Petroleum Merchant Wholesalers (1 each), with PSC coding reflecting utilities and fuel support. The cooperative sits on one indefinite delivery contract vehicle (DACW6081C0001) with one task order issued.