Louisburg Electric Services
The Louisburg Electric Department is responsible for the provision of reliable, quality electric utility service to the Town of Louisburg. These responsibilities include the maintenance of hundreds of miles of overhead and underground electric distribution system lines in the Louisburg Service District. Constant maintenance includes safeguarding lines from natural dangers such as trees, high wind areas, and similar threats. Continuous quality upgrades have resulted in a highly reliable 23 Kv electric system serving all the needs of the Louisburg community.
Louisburg is a Public Power Community which basically means that the Town owns the electric utility service in the Louisburg service area. The North Carolina Legislature has established by law those areas and conditions within North Carolina for which electric utility companies may operate. Generally speaking, there are three main types of electric providers in central Franklin County. These are: 1) Investor Owned Utilities (Progress Energy, Duke Power, etc.), 2) Electric Cooperatives which are customer owned providers (Wake EMC), and 3) Municipal Owned Systems (Public Power – Town of Louisburg, etc.)
Louisburg and other specific Public Power communities are members of Power Agencies which were created by the NC Legislature. Louisburg is a member of the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) which is authorized by law to operate as an electric utility in North Carolina and enjoys all the legal rights and authorities required to do such. The NCEMPA members purchases power on a wholesale rate basis and then sales the power to their respective customers.
Power purchased by Louisburg is generated by nuclear production, coal fired generation, diesel fuel generation, and hydroelectric power. After being generated by Progress Energy and other wholesale providers, the electricity is “loaded” on large transmission lines which carry the energy throughout the United States transmission grid. Purchasers, such as Louisburg, “withdraw” their allocation off of the transmission system via substations which then convert the high voltage energy down to lower voltage power useable by the local area distribution system. The distribution system are those lines seen throughout Louisburg along highways and public right of ways. Customers receive power into their homes and businesses after transformers lower once again the voltage for consumption purposes.
Contacts
Please contact the Louisburg Business Office at 919-496-4145 for assistance with electric service or account related needs. You may also download applications from this site.
In Case of Emergency
Electric system emergencies such as power outage, line damage, blown transformers, and other emergency occurrences should be reported immediately to the Business Office. Emergencies occurring after normal business hours (5 PM) should be immediately reported to the Louisburg Fire Department, 919-496-4290.