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Tag: NCEMPA

  • Climate-Change Bill Hits Some of the Right Notes but Botches the Refrain

    Click on the picture to read the Washington Post Editorial regarding HR 2454.

  • Watch Your Lawmakers on CSPAN.ORG

    This is a very important time to watch CSPAN regarding the Energy & Climate Change Bill.  Debate and voting on amendments to the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009” continues today in the House Energy & Commerce Cmte. The committee is scheduled to meet most of this week on the bill. Cmte. Markup:…

  • CFFU Forum Draws Crowd & Legislators

    Over 100 people attended last nights Energy Forum held at OIC, Rocky Mount NC. Some of the States top officials spoke about about areas such as weatherization, global warming and how it relates to the NCMEPA debt and the overall cost of utilities in eastern North Carolina. ElectriCities is currently looking at refinancing the 2.5…

  • Energy Forum Press Release

    For Immediate Release May 5, 2009   ENERGY FORUM BRINGS POLICY TO THE PEOPLE Rocky Mount (NC) – On Thursday, May 7th the Citizens for Fair Utilities (CFFU) of Rocky Mount and Eastern NC are hosting, in conjunction with OIC, Inc. of Rocky Mount, an Eastern NC Energy Forum at the OIC Auditorium from 6…

  • See what others are paying for Electricity

    GET THE FACTS…DON’T LET ELECTRICITIES AND NCEMPA TELL YOU A LIE THAT WE PAY LESS THAN OTHER MAJOR POPULATIONS While most of the 32 municipalities under NCEMPA are paying 13-15 cents per Kh check this out. Rocky Mount pays almost as high a rate as California (much higher than Oregon and Washington State) —and other…

  • Meeting Tonight April 9 @ 6pm

    Just wanted to remind everyone that Citizens for Fair Utilities will meet tonight at OIC on Virginia St. at 6pm.  This will be a very informative meeting because we will be talking about the upcoming NCEMPA Board meeting and the ElectriCities Commissioners Meeting scheduled for later this month.

  • Butterfield Wants to ReStructure Debt

    From Wilson Daily Times: U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield says he’s committed to addressing electric rate concerns voiced by Wilson and other municipal leaders in the ElectriCities service area. Butterfield, D-Wilson, met with Mayor Bruce Rose and City Manager Grant Goings during a recent trip to Washington, D.C. City leaders annually travel to the nation’s capital…

  • ElectriCities Bond Muddle

    ElectriCities Bond Muddle Follow the Money and You’ll see the problematic management  of ElectriCities especially when it comes to the Eastern Power Board. Why does one Power Agency have a higher credit rating than the other? And do cities such as Rocky Mount pay tens of millions of dollars in extra financing fees when a…

  • Local Towns around Rocky Mount and the Price of Utilities

      This reflects the price per kilowatt hour in cents. ——————————————————————————————————————Progress Energy   Kilowatt-Hour Charge: Kilowatt-Hour Charge: 10.634¢ per kWh (summer)  9.634¢ per kWh (winter) Edgecombe Martin    

  • ElectriCities and the Rocky Mount Connection

    Fred Turnage, Mayor of Rocky Mount William Batchelor, City Manager of Rocky Mount Both helped to form the origional ElectriCities.