More than 1,500 Tri-County Electric customers fired their board Saturday,

Members in Lexington and 5 other counties voted 1,452-30 to fire and 1,322-155 to limit trustees’ pay.

“Unbelievable,” Tri-County general counsel John Felder said to the crowd.

Many had thought not enough members would show up or take action Saturday morning.

They planned to fire their part-time board that had paid itself more than 3 times the national average, including health insurance plans and expensive perks, The State newspaper reported.

The State had revealed that Tri-County’s part-time board had paid itself about $52,000 a member, the highest of any co-op board in the state, and successfully campaigned against a proposal to limit its pay.

Watch for details and SCE&G's latest plan to raise your rates in this week's Lexington County Chronicle.