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Category: ElectriCities

  • Police Turn Away Electricity Protesters in Hertford

    Lack of permit shuts off electricity protest Hertford cuts off power to 62 residences By Cathy Wilson The Perquimans Weekly Monday, August 03, 2009 Hertford —  About a half-dozen town residents planning to protest the high cost of utilities in Hertford on Monday were turned away from City Hall because they lacked a required permit.…

  • Rocky Mount Utility Petition (Lower the Rates)

    This petition is a worthy cause for all citizens of the 32 municipalities affected by NCEMPA.  The link to sign is below so please take a few moments to take a look. Rocky Mount Utility Petition (From Website) The Rocky Mount Utilities are outrageous and need to be lowered. We do not have a choice…

  • City council considers solar farm for Raleigh

    Why this is important: Rocky Mount buys close to 18% of its power from Progress Energy on the open market-the rest is bought wholesale from Electricities.  If Rocky Mount would invest in these types of ideas, ratepayers could realize a net savings over the next 5 years. We could reduce the overall market consumption, become…

  • Councilman wants Edenton to sell power system

    EDENTON, N.C. After being hit with two electricity rate increases in less than a year, Councilman Steve Biggs has asked the town to look into selling its electrical system. Edenton is one of 32 municipalities that operate electric systems through the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, which falls under the auspices of ElectriCities, a…

  • ElectriCities and the Jim Black Connection

    Bonds no longer at ElectriCities Jeanne Bonds is no longer working for ElectriCities. The nonprofit, which advocates for municipal utilities, confirmed Monday that Bonds is no longer working as its legislative liaison. Bonds was in the news last year for testifying before a grand jury investigating Black. She had hired Black’s political director, Meredith Norris,…

  • Washington Utilities Provides Low Income Relief

    Washington Utilities is pleased to report on the success of their most recent effort aimed at assisting low income customers. Through a partnership with Electricities, an organization of municipally owned electric services, Washington Utilities was able to purchase and hand out 100 energy saving kits over the last month. The energy kits included items such…

  • Raber: No rate cut in Cherry proposal

    A plan offered last week by mayoral candidate Don Cherry contains good points but wouldn’t reduce electric rates for Elizabeth City customers, an ElectriCities executive said Tuesday. Cherry’s 10-point plan included recommendations regarding alternative energy, cooperation with other suppliers of electricity, and close regulation of rates. “While all of those are excellent questions and excellent…

  • Residents blast electric transfer Olson: $1M used for cops, other services

    Wednesday, July 15, 2009 A forum on city utility bills at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday night included intense public criticism of Elizabeth City’s practice of using a $1 million a year in electricity revenues to pay for general city services. The forum included audience questions and presentations by city staff on the home energy…

  • ElectriCities CEO says climate bill too costly

    (From Fayetteville Observer) The new leader of a North Carolina association of public electric systems says a climate bill that passed the U.S. House last month is too costly. In June, Graham Edwards became the newest chief executive officer of ElectriCities, a lobbying and training group that represents about 90 municipally owned systems, mostly in…

  • ElectriCities will not refinance power plant debt

    The way ElectriCities went about working the debt ratio and the options they used to project refinancing of the debt was a no win situation.  The only way to ever get out from under this debt is to approach our Congressional leaders and get a very low interest loan from Washington.  From AIG to GM,…