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Utility companies are diversifying into solar products, home insulation, even cable television. But, unlike other corporations, they have a state-awarded monopoly franchise for their principal product.
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31368
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Hurricane Diana brought damaging winds and rains to several southeastern North Carolina counties in mid-September. Thousands of homes and businesses served by Electric Membership Corporations lost power for as long as five days. This article describes the impacts of the storm, and the efforts to repair and restore power.
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31376
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For the first time, North Carolina state sales tax will be applied to the sales of electric, gas and intrastate telephone service. Beginning January 1, 1985, electric bills will include a calculation for three percent in state sales tax, which can be deducted from federal income taxes. The legislature’s intent was to carve the sales tax out of the six percent gross receipts tax that consumers were already paying.
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31418
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North Carolina’s Electric Membership Corporations have launched a new statewide effort to help state and local officials entice new industries into building plants within co-op service areas. This article explores how a major industry, dubbed the “Snowbird” plant, chose its site in Wake Forest and impacted the Wake County community.
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Much of the original electric wiring in Asheville's Biltmore Mansion is still intact in the three underground stories. Power for the house was originally taken from the nearby trolley line and converted into usable voltage. Although power is now supplied by Carolina Power and Light Company, many of the other technological marvels are still in use today.
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13081
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Although it will have a particular impact on business and industry, the ability of North Carolina's electric utilities to supply adequate power to everyone in the state could be in jeopardy. One reason is that construction of new generating capacity has come to a near standstill. Shaw examines what this could mean in the decade ahead.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Oct 1981,
p14-19, 21-22, il
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32524
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission noted rising electricity costs due to inflation-influenced increases in the cost of financing and constructing new generating facilities to satisfy growing customer demand. Lester Teal, president of Control General Corporation of Raleigh, discusses the problem and how computer energy management systems can help to control the time and rate of electricity usage.
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35872
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The title wasn’t an allusion to Theodore Dreiser’s novel, but solar power, lately harnessed by suburbanites. Among them were the Adamczyks and Jones, who have discovered the virtues of this alternative fuel source. Virtues highlighted: saving the environment and on one’s utility bill.
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Hugh Wells, a member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, discusses the energy crisis and the need for a viable national energy policy. Wells recommends instituting an Energy Resources Corporation and an Energy Bank. These establishments would provide a means for stockpiling raw energy sources and guarantee capital devoted to the construction of plant facilities needed by electric utilities.
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Thirteen candidates filed for Governor in the May 6 primary elections. In this article, each candidate provided their statements on issues of concern to North Carolina electric cooperatives and the rural economy.
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10879
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William Bulgin McGuire, president of Duke Power Company, is featured in this month's We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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30470
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In the southeast, particularly North Carolina, there is an industrial spring with new plan, plants, and industries opening up all over the region. Tied to this is the development of the electric power industry, which are cooperating and growing with the state's industries.
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13532
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A well defined program of land utilization, and forestation and soil improvement is providing Duke Power Company with a profitable byproduct. Also, Duke provides adequate protection of its water resources for hydroelectric power production.
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