Southport selected to receive Electricities Customized City Project

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — The City of Southport has been selected to receive a Customized City Project from Electricities of North Carolina.

The project will include a new Communications strategy that will educate residents on the positive impacts of participating in the City’s Load Management program for electric utilities, in hopes to encourage residents to join the program, according to a press release.

With a projected start date of March 2024, the project will be led by Public Information Officer ChyAnn Ketchum, in conjunction with Public Services, and last approximately eight months.

Load Management is a practice of shedding loads (turning things off) at critical times when wholesale electricity is at a premium cost to municipalities. Load Control Devices are installed on consumer and commercial loads that enable the power agency (North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency) to control those loads to assist participating municipalities save on power costs.