Utilities

Service providers in North Carolina's Northeast have invested heavily in the infrastructure required to support the needs of today’s sophisticated business and industries.

Request specifics about utilities by emailing rwhite@ncnortheast.com.

Electrical Services

Supplies of electricity in North Carolina’s Northeast Region are abundant for the future and service reliability is rated among the best in the nation. These electric service providers invest in energy, community volunteer opportunities and the environment.  In some areas of the region, a business has a choice of the electrical service provider.

Electrical Service Providers in North Carolina’s Northeast Region include:

• Dominion NC Power

• Albemarle Electric Membership Cooperative

• Halifax Electric Membership Cooperative

• Roanoke Electric Cooperative

• Tideland Electric Membership Cooperative

• Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Cooperative

• Electricities

• Edgecombe-Martin Electric Membership Cooperative 

• Progress Energy (services a small section of the region)

Water & Sewer

Natural Gas

Piedmont Natural Gas is the natural gas supplier in North Carolina’s Northeast Region. A map of the service area for Piedmont can be found by clicking here.

Broadband

Most major business districts and employment centers in North Carolina's Northeast Region are served by fiber-optic based infrastructure. The overall coverage rate for high-speed Internet is 80.4% in the sixteen county area.

This infrastructure consists of SONET fiber optic ring technology connecting customer locations with serving central offices. Additionally, SONET ring architecture is used to connect central offices and multiple POP locations. Digital central office switches are used in major business districts and employment centers in the Northeast Region. Sufficient fiber infrastructure flexibility is available to provide customized fiber network arrangements to meet any customer's specific voice, data, or video needs.

MCNC has taken the lead to obtain federal and Golden LEAF grant funding to expand the broadband resources in NC's Northeast.  See the informational summary here.