Town celebrates Public Power Week
Sep. 28—GRANITE FALLS — The town of Granite Falls is celebrating Public Power Week (#PublicPowerWeek), Oct. 2-8, along with more than 2,000 other community-owned, nonprofit electric utilities that collectively provide electricity to 49 million Americans.
"Public Power Week celebrates the reliable, affordable, and environmentally friendly electricity the town of Granite Falls provides to our community," said Town Manager Jerry Church. "Public power puts the people of Granite Falls first, and Public Power Week gives us the chance to emphasize the advantages of locally grown, locally owned power to our citizens. Our service is reliable and safe and we take pride in serving our friends and neighbors. The town of Granite Falls is proud to have served our community for 107 years."
In 2021, the town's Average Service Availability Index, through the American Public Power Association, indicated that electric service was provided on average of 99.9915% of the time to all electric customers. In addition to being a reliable public power provider, the town of Granite Falls is one of the most environmentally friendly power providers in the state of North Carolina. In, 2021, 98.43% of all electricity delivered to the town of Granite Falls' electric customers came from sources that emitted no CO2 (carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere.
According to information provided by ElectriCities of North Carolina, 96.91% of Granite Falls' power came from nuclear energy, 1.51% came from hydroelectric sources, and .01% came from solar sources for a total of 98.43% of power sourced from "clean" power providers.
The town of Granite Falls will celebrate customer appreciation day in the town office on Tuesday, Oct. 4. There will be light refreshments and free promotional items while they last.
The Town of Granite Falls provides electric service to 2,183 residential customers and 411 commercial and industrial customers.
