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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.

Sep 4

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Bees and Bright Ideas: Teacher uses grants to build multi-use pollination center

Every fall, as educators and students return to the classroom, there’s a buzz across the state as the deadline looms to apply for a Bright Ideas education grant from North Carolina’s electric cooperatives. For Brandon Dillman, a teacher at…

Aug 28

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Year after year impact: Bright Ideas grants keep giving back to local educators

One of the reasons Bright Ideas grants have been so impactful in classrooms across the state is their ability to support educators’ lesson plans for years at a time. For the past 30 years, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives have…

Aug 21

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Coming together under one roof: co-ops and industry partners collaborate at annual tech conference

There’s power in collaboration, and with more than 460 industry leaders coming together for this year’s Cooperative Technologies Conference and Expo (CTCE), the shared vision of building a brighter future for co-ops members in North Carolina was on full display.

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Bees and Bright Ideas: Teacher uses grants to build multi-use pollination center

Year after year impact: Bright Ideas grants keep giving back to local educators

Coming together under one roof: co-ops and industry partners collaborate at annual tech conference