List of local agencies around Rocky Mount that can help in some situations with your light bill. Nash County Dept of Social Services  459-1451  contact person is Helen Curry. Edgecombe County Dept of Social Services 985-5086  contact person is Sherwood Pitt. Salvation Army-446-3939 ext 201  Ron Dyson. Christ-CAN Network: 442-0887 Debra Wheeler CBP: 446-0030 contact…

Utilities Working Group Peoples ‘Assembly Outreach Organizing Committee c/o P. O. Box 1339, Rocky Mount, NC 27802 252.977.6834 • 252.442.8123 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Contact: Cynthia Jahi 977.6834. or Shafeah M’Balia 442.8123 Light Bill got you down! Do you want answers why your light bill is so high? Come…

Elizabeth City is calculating the effects of Profit from adding a premium to city utilities.  In there study only $15-17 dollars would be saved on average if they did away with the profit motive. Elizabeth City is like all the other 31 towns and cities that buys electricity from ElectriCities.  They sell it at a…

Edwards, CEO of ElectriCities doesn’t lie, he just doesn’t always tell the whole truth. The chief executive officer of Elizabeth City’s electricity supplier acknowledged this week that his recent dire warning about the potential costs of proposed federal “cap-and-trade” legislation didn’t account for offsets that would be available to some residential customers. Graham Edwards, CEO…

As he made his case to voters for what has been termed “the Super Bowl of mayor races,” Republican candidate B.J. Murphy invoked a political superstar: Ronald Reagan. “The question is, sure we’ve got a lot of great things going but you personally, are you better off right now than you were eight years ago?”…

If Fayetteville were starting over, with all the chess pieces right where they are today, there would be no justification for charging some residents for street lights, but not others. That’s why it makes sense for the city to even things up. This is not a good guys vs. bad guys situation. The motives were…

Check out the Article by clicking on the Forbes picture.  On October 12th, Forbes ranked Rocky Mount, NC among the top 10 most impoverished cities in the country.   Two local leaders that certainly have a vested interest in dispelling the article are Mayor David Combs and Chamber CEO Eddie Baysden, both downplayed the Forbes article…

The 32 towns that provide our electricity make a profit and put that money back into the general fund.  Can (or should) they really be able to do that?

Snapshot: Edwards shows up to give Rocky Mount Utilities 7 awards, but while he was there citizens and at least one Councilman relate the high cost of electricity to Edwards. From: Rocky Mount Telegram ElectriCities officials honored Rocky Mount utilities workers Monday during the City Council meeting for “outstanding efforts” in delivering electricity to city…

The chief executive officer of Elizabeth City’s electricity supplier acknowledged this week that his recent dire warning about the potential costs of proposed federal “cap-and-trade” legislation didn’t account for offsets that would be available to some residential customers. Graham Edwards, CEO of ElectriCities, made the concession after published remarks from a speech he gave in…