Press Release

NC’s Public Power Communities – No Outages During Winter Weather

Raleigh, NC, February 2, 2007 – North Carolina public power communities experienced no outages Thursday, Feb. 1 during the state’s winter storm. Our communities monitor weather forecasts and prepare for prompt restoration of interrupted electric service. Should a community experience an outage, 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.

Stay Prepared during the winter months for weather
Visit www.electricities.com/stormcentral for weather preparation tips.

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.

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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