NC’s Public Power Communities Prepare
for Winter Storm
Raleigh, NC, February 1, 2007 – North Carolina
public power communities are prepared for snow, sleet and freezing
rain that may affect our communities Thursday and Friday. Our communities
monitor weather forecasts and prepare for prompt restoration of
interrupted electric service. During times of outages, public power
communities work together to restore power as quickly as possible
using the Emergency Assistance Program. Cities that are not affected
by the weather travel and assist those that are affected by the
weather conditions.
If the power goes out
Contact your city electric service provider.
In Eastern and Central North Carolina , public power cities
are:
Apex, Ayden, Belhaven, Benson, Black Creek, Clayton, Edenton, Elizabeth
City, Enfield, Farmville, Fayetteville, Fountain, Fremont, Greenville,
Hamilton, Hertford, Hobgood, Hookerton, Kinston, La Grange, Laurinburg,
Louisburg, Lucama, Lumberton, Macclesfield, New Bern, Pikeville,
Pinetops, Red Springs, Robersonville, Rocky Mount, Scotland Neck,
Selma, Sharpsburg, Smithfield, Southport, Stantonsburg, Tarboro,
Wake Forest, Walstonburg, Washington, Wilson, Winterville and Windsor.
In the Piedmont and Western North Carolina , public power
cities are:
Albemarle, Bostic, Cherryville, Concord, Cornelius, Dallas, Drexel,
Forest City, Gastonia, Granite Falls, Highlands, High Point, Huntersville,
Kings Mountain, Landis, Lexington, Lincolnton, Maiden, Monroe, Morganton,
Murphy, Newton, Pineville, Shelby, Statesville, and Waynesville.
Public Power Communities want you to be safe
• Stay away from downed power lines. Keep children and pets
away as well.
• Do not stand under icy limbs or power lines.
• If you use a generator, always follow the manufacturer's
directions.
• Make sure any indoor heaters, such as wood stoves or kerosene
heaters, have adequate ventilation to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Make sure you have adequate fuel on hand for supplementary
heating sources, such as a fireplace, wood-burning stove or kerosene
heater.
ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc. (ElectriCities), North Carolina
Municipal Power Agency Number One (NCMPA1), North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) - More than 70 North Carolina public
power communities, municipally owned and operated electric systems,
serve more than 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers
in North Carolina. ElectriCities' members in NC, SC and VA serve
more than one million customers. Most have been providing reliable
electric service for 100 years or more. ElectriCities is the service
organization that provides customer service and safety training,
emergency and technical assistance, communications, government affairs
and legal services to public power cities. ElectriCities provides
management services to the states two municipal power agencies:
NCMPA1 and NCEMPA. NCMPA1 has 19 member cities in the western part
of North Carolina and NCEMPA has 32 member cities in eastern North
Carolina. More information about ElectriCities, the power agencies
and public power is available on the Internet at www.electricities.com
or at www.ncpublicpower.com.
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