The Commissioners have decided not to meet on a monthly basis anymore.  They have decided that it is really not cost effective and thus will be meeting on an “as needed” basis. (what ever that means).  Some members were upset over the idea, but in the end, enough members agreed to make it happen. T.…

Aug. 25–North Carolina’s power-supplying cities, including Wilson, need to become more competitive in price with the state’s private utilities, ElectriCities CEO T. Graham Edwards said Monday. But narrowing that difference will take years, not months. "How do you move an elephant? An inch at a time," Edwards said during the Wilson Rotary Club’s meeting. Edwards,…

Rocky Mount, Wilson & Tarboro could have done this (still can for that matter) and it could be effective.  Instead, small groups with  many different agenda’s form to address utility concerns.  There’s really nothing necessarily wrong with this, other than each group having to start at square one, learning the history of how we got…

Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, this is just good TV. It’s so rare to get an honest answer and an off the cuff response.  Check it out. Click on the video.

Electric utilities in North Carolina have asked state regulators to delay a law that requires them to generate energy from pig or chicken waste. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday that Progress Energy, Duke Energy and other providers are asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a one-year delay. The 2007 law requires…

The Tri-County has board members and Board directors that are suppose to be looking out for us in this area. But did they drop the ball on this one.  Laurinburg is on of the 32 municipalities under ElectriCities and Progress Energy is putting a $20 million solar plant down south.  Well, why can’t we get…

38% of Tarboro’s Lightbill goes to pay down debt. The town also has a financial stake in five regional power plants, including the coal-fire plant in Roxboro. The debt that the Town of Tarboro has in its investment makes up 38 percent of town residents’ utility bill, Rhodes said. When asked how much it would…