Community Events
PWC offers speakers, facility tours and educational resources annually to numerous organizations in our community. In addition, PWC organizes or participates in the following events* to promote PWC and its services. Events PWC has or will participate in include:
- Hope Mills Food Truck Rodeo (September 12)
- Sustainable Sandhills Drive Electric (September 21)
- Public Power Week (October 6-12)
- Boomers & Senior Life Expo (October 9)
- WIDU Anniversary Celebration (October 10-11)
- Indigo Moon Film Festival – Green Venue (October 12)
- Senior Day at the Cumberland County Fair (October 24)
- Action Pathways Energy Fair (October)
- Grinding of the Greens (January)
- MLK Day Expo (January)
- North Carolina Home Expo (February)
- (P)ower & (W)ater (C)onservation Expo (March)
- Dogwood Festival (April)
- National Drinking Water Week (May)
- 4th Friday (May 22, 2020)
- Wade Founder’s Day (June)
Other Observances
- Sept. 14-22: National Electric Drive Week
- October is Energy Awareness Month, Shower Better Month, Toilet Tank Repair Month
- Oct. 2: Energy Efficiency Day
- Oct. 6-12: Public Power Week
- Oct. 7-11: Customer Service Appreciation Week
- Oct. 7: National LED Day
- Nov. 7: Utilities United Against Scams Day
- Dec. 1-7: Winter Weather Preparedness Week
- Jan. 10: National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
- Feb. 16-22: National Engineers Week
- March: Procurement Month & Annual Water Treatment Changeover
- Mar. 1-7: NC Severe Weather Preparedness Week
- Mar. 1-7: Women in Construction (WIC) Week
- Mar. 4: Happy Birthday, PWC!
- Mar. 4: World Engineering Day
- Mar. 8-14: National Groundwater Awareness Week
- Mar. 11: World Plumbing Day
- Mar. 13: National Day of Unplugging
- Mar. 20: NC Arbor Day
- Mar. 22: World Water Day
- APRIL-OCTOBER: Time-of-Use Summer Peak Hours (3-7pm M-F)
- April: Safe Digging Month & Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- Apr. 13: NC Lineman Appreciation Day
- Apr. 18: Lineworker Appreciation Day
- Apr. 19-26: International Dark Sky Week
- Apr. 19: National Hanging Out Day
- Apr. 20-24: National Work Zone Awareness Week
- Apr. 22: Earth Day
- Apr. 25: National Hug A Plumber Day
- May: Clean Air Month, Electrical Safety Month
- May 3-9: National Drinking Water Week
- May 3-9: NC Hurricane Preparedness Week
- May 11-18: Infrastructure Week
- May 11: Accounting Day
- May 17-23: National Public Works Week
- June-November: Hurricane Season
- June: National Safety Month
- June 5: APPA Day of Giving
- June 14-20: Right-of-Way Week
- June 21-27: National Lightning Safety Awareness Week
- June 22: HVAC Tech Day
- June 23: National Hydration Day
- June 30: Social Media Day
*Events/dates are subject to change without notice.
