Utilities
The City of Bennettsville provides electric, water, sewer and natural gas within its corporate limits. Certain services are provided outside the city limits at various costs.
Marlboro Water Company
Marlboro Water Company is the largest water supplier to rural areas in Marlboro County. The membership of the South Carolina Rural Water Association selected Marlboro Water Company the company of the year for 2003. Since January 2001, Marlboro Water Company has increased its customer base from 1287 to 1900.
Marlboro Water Company also serves many of the county's industrial neighbors, including Weyerhaeuser Fine Paper Mill, Weyerhaeuser MDF Plant, Weyerhaeuser Carolina Particle Board Plant, Weyerhaeuser Will Copy Plant and Mohawk-Oak River Mills.
Wallace Water Company
Marlboro Electric Cooperative
Marlboro Electric Cooperative serves all its members cost effectively. While all of Marlboro's rates are designed to recover the basic cost of service for each class of customer, our rates also provide the cooperative with a reasonable level of working capital.
Based on this cost of service concept, a special rate classification is made available to Marlboro from its wholesale power supplier for its largest power customers.
Progress Energy
Marlboro County is also served by Progress Energy, an investor-owned electric utility providing service in South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida. Progress Energy has the experience and capabilities to provide power for even the most sophisticated electric requirements. Progress Energy currently serves more than 1.2 million customers in the Carolinas within 30,000 square miles, including over 5,000 industrial accounts.