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1.A Conversation with the Governor by Gery, Michael E.C. Carolina Country Vol. 33 Issue 11, Nov 2001
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Governor Mike Easley describes his life growing up on his family’s tobacco farm in Nash Count. Easley also discusses the recent tobacco settlement, rural North Carolina, education, economic development, and the electric utility industry.
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2.A Guide to North Carolina’s Electric Power Providers by Carolina Country Vol. 48 Issue 5, May 2016
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More than 100 electric power providers serve nearly 10 million people in North Carolina. These include consumer-owned electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, city governments, university-owned utility, or other utilities. The history, service areas, regulations of the electric power providers in the state are described and a map provides the service areas in the state.
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30653
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Buddy Creed was the system engineer for South River Electric Membership Corporation for forty-five years. In the last 15 years, Creed helped the cooperative to deploy technology to map its system to GPS coordinates, install engineering analysis programs, streamline inventory control, track projects in real-time, and improve services to rural communities in North Carolina.
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Zane Gray is the general manager of Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Corporation, the only electric supplier for the entire island. Gray discusses how the electric business has evolved in response to changes in growth and development in Hatteras.
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North Carolina’s electric cooperatives have channeled $52 million to more than 100 projects across the state since the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program began in 1989. The REDLG program provides rural utilities with grants and zero-interest loans to directly fund local projects that create and retain employment in the communities they serve. One recent example was the $995,00 grant to the Gunn Memorial Public Library in Caswell County.
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30303
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Despite growing industrial demands alongside domestic use, North Carolina has never experienced a widespread power shortage. Electric companies such as Duke and Nantahala cooperate with industry to meet the goals and needs of business and manufacturing without taking away from domestic power use.
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30535
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Three large privately-owned power companies, along with several smaller operations, provide North Carolina's industrial and civilian populations with electric power services. In anticipation of the growing power needs for the coming years, these companies are turning to alternative methods of providing power, such as hydro-electric mechanisms.
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28673
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Innovation is an expectation that many electric cooperatives and their members have. Recent innovations in use throughout North Carolina’s energy cooperatives are pay-as-you go options, energy management portals and apps, and usage alerts. Newer trends include an increased use of solar farms, microgrids, and connected thermostats in the state.
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Business has never been better for the utilities industry, yet things have become worse for the consumers who are confronting the power crisis and rising rates. Hugh Wells of the North Carolina Utilities Commission discusses public utilities in the state, and how consumers can help find solutions by participating in the regulatory process.
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32659
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Public Service Company of North Carolina, Inc., is diversifying and restructuring its operations into five new subsidiaries. The subsidiaries will focus on natural resources, energy, natural gas and oil exploration, and propane production. Public Service is expecting continued rapid growth of its utility operations and is making plants to accommodate that growth.
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Robert N. Cleveland, executive vice president and general manager of North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, discusses the new fuel charge being applied to electric utilities bills. The fuel charge was implemented in response to the oil shortage and the increasing cost of operating mines under current environmental regulations.
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32212
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United States Representative Walter B. Jones advises rural citizens to speak up on behalf of a North Carolina electric membership corporation. In response to a letter criticizing low Rural Electrification Administration interest rates, Jones discusses the rural electrification program, the role of electric cooperatives, property taxes and loans.
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The author noted that attacks closing down the electric grid are most likely to occur in Hollywood reel life. The unlikelihood of it occurring in real life was asserted by coordination efforts by the federal government, the responsibilities of grid security, requirements developed by a non-profit organization certified by the federal government, and best practices to prepare for and prevent attacks.
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