NORTH CAROLINA
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY

Administrator

Administrative Assistant

T. Scott Poole

Angie Harrison

Mailing Address:

4321 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-4321

Phone: (919) 733-7513

Fax: (919) 733-0012

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Rural Electrification Authority

Electricity

Telecommunications

Government

The electric and telephone cooperatives are non-profit / non-regulated corporations. It is the responsibility of each cooperative’s board of directors to establish its bylaws, service rules and regulations.

Responsibility of REA

The North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority was created as an agency of the State of North Carolina to:

Ensure that customers in the predominantly rural areas of the state have access to adequate, dependable, and affordable electric and telephone service.
Oversee the application of the electric and telephone cooperatives rules and regulations to ensure they are administered according to the manner in which they are written.
Receive and investigate member complaints of the cooperatives.
Advise cooperatives regarding recommended changes in rules and regulations.

REA Board of Directors

The agency consists of five members to be appointed by the Governor of North Carolina. All appointments made by the Governor shall be made for terms of four years.

Board Member	Term Expiration
J. Ronnie Alderman	June 30, 2011
Edith C. Cox	June 30, 2011
Buddy G. Creed	June 30, 2009
L. Calvin Duncan	June 30, 2009
Joseph G. Justice	June 30, 2009

Electric Membership Cooperatives

Electric Cooperatives	Phone
Albemarle	(252) 426-5735
Blue Ridge	(828) 758-2383
Brunswick	(910) 754-4391
Cape Hatteras	(252) 995-5616
Carteret-Craven	(252) 247-3107
Central	(919) 774-4900
Edgecombe-Martin	(252) 823-2171
Energy United	(704) 873-5241
Four County	(910) 259-2171
French Broad	(828) 649-2051
Halifax	(252) 445-5111
Haywood	(828) 452-2281
Jones-Onslow	(910) 353-1940
Lumbee River	(910) 843-4131
Pee Dee	(704) 694-2114
Piedmont	(919) 732-2123
Pitt & Greene	(252) 753-3128
Randolph	(336) 625-5177
Roanoke	(252) 539-2236
Rutherford	(828) 245-1621
South River	(910) 892-8071
Surry Yadkin	(336) 386-8241
Tideland	(252) 943-3046
Tri-County	(919) 735-2611
Union	(704) 289-3145
Wake	(919) 863-6300

Foreign Cooperatives	Phone
Blue Ridge Mountain	(706) 379-3121
Broad River Electric	(864) 489-5737
Mecklenburg Electric	(434) 372-6100
Mountain Electric	(423) 727-1800
Tri-State Electric	(706) 492-3251

Telephone Membership Cooperatives

Telephone Cooperatives	Phone
Atlantic	(910) 754-4311
Randolph	(336) 879-5684
Skyline	(336) 877-3111
Star	(910) 564-4194
Surry	(336) 374-5021
Tri-County	(252) 964-8000
Wilkes	(336) 973-3103
Yadkin Valley	(336) 463-5022

NORTH CAROLINA RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY