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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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Oct 17

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N.C. DEQ Secretary Michael Regan Visits Ocracoke Microgrid Project

N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan joined representatives from North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives and local cooperative Tideland EMC this week to tour the Ocracoke microgrid on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, as well as discuss the importance of…

Oct 13

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Electric Co-op Power Restoration Efforts Reduce Outages To 15,000

RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 13, 2018, 2 p.m.) – North Carolina’s electric cooperatives continue power restoration progress, reducing the current number of total outages caused by Tropical Storm Michael to 15,000. More than 100,000 electric cooperative consumer-members have had power restored…

Oct 12

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Crews Tackling 63,000 Outages Remaining from Tropical Storm Michael

RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2018, 6 a.m.) – North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are continuing to work to restore power following Tropical Storm Michael. Outages for cooperative consumer-members now stand at 63,000, down from a peak of 117,000 on Thursday evening.

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N.C. DEQ Secretary Michael Regan Visits Ocracoke Microgrid Project

Electric Co-op Power Restoration Efforts Reduce Outages To 15,000

Crews Tackling 63,000 Outages Remaining from Tropical Storm Michael