Electric Service Facts

Three Main Components:

Services & Lighting Customers (as of June 30, 2024):

Street Lights

Inside City: 20,207 (Includes 255 Inside City – Pedestrian Light Fixtures)
Outside City: 1,762 (Includes 411 Private Outside City Street Lights)
Private Lighting Inside City: 3,100
Rented Area Lights: 12,925 (Includes 84 Hope Mills City Street Lights – billed to Hope Mills)

Generation & Power Supply

200,000 kW of Combustion Turbines
65,000 kW Steam Turbine
3 230kV Delivery Points from Duke Energy Progress (DEP): Owen Dr., Butler-Warner Generation Plant, Reilly Rd
Connected to Regional Transmission Grid
Current Long-Term Power Supply Agreement: DEP-New Full Requirements Power Supply Agreement began July 2012 (2019 modification) expires June 2042; All capacity and energy needs of PWC provided by DEP. Power Sales Agreement with DEP provides additional revenue stream thru sale of capacity and energy from that facility that is used to offset increased power costs.
Built NC’s first municipal Community Solar farm (1MW) that helps meet state regulations for providing electricity from renewable resources; includes 2MW battery storage unit used to reduce amount of energy purchased during peak times.

Distribution System

Supervisory Control System Monitors & Controls 32 Distribution Substations; 3 Points of Delivery (POD)
2.34 Miles of 230 kV Transmission Lines
119.81 Circuit Miles of 69 kV Sub-Transmission Lines
114.36 Pole Miles of 69 kV Sub-Transmission lines
689.79 Circuit Miles of Overhead Distribution (2228.84 Conductor Miles)
49,587 Distribution Line Poles (PWC Owned)
25,180 Distribution Line Transformers
670.74 Circuit Miles of Underground Primary Distribution Conductor (1200.12 Cable/Conductor Miles)