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Keeping You Safe

North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are committed to putting safety first. Our top priority is protecting our members, our employees and the communities we serve while providing reliable electricity that powers your daily life. We also seek to empower our members to make smart decisions while using electricity, and when faced with emergency situations like hurricanes and winter storms.

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News, features, videos and stories from across the cooperative network.

Oct 4

Feature

Bright Ideas Grant Applicants Awarded “Early Bird” Prizes

The early bird gets the worm, and for five lucky North Carolina teachers, that worm came in the form of a prize for submitting their applications to the Bright Ideas education grant program before the early bird deadline. The winners…

Sep 27

Feature

NC Electric Cooperatives’ long-duration energy storage project included in $325M grant from Department of Energy

RALEIGH, NC – North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, the power supplier and trade association serving 26 not-for-profit cooperative utilities that collectively power 2.5 million North Carolinians, will use a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to explore improved…

Sep 23

News

Ophelia Updates – Saturday, Sept. 23 – NC Electric Cooperatives

Final Update: 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23 After reaching a peak of approximately 20,000 outages at this morning, power continues to be restored to members across our state thanks to our co-ops crews. Co-op crews will continue to work…

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Bright Ideas Grant Applicants Awarded “Early Bird” Prizes

NC Electric Cooperatives’ long-duration energy storage project included in $325M grant from Department of Energy

Ophelia Updates – Saturday, Sept. 23 – NC Electric Cooperatives