From the mountains to the beach and in between, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives serve some of the most rugged, remote terrain in the state, covering areas in 93 of the state’s 100 counties. Over the years, co-op personnel have employed state-of-the-art power restoration methods to bring back your electric power after an outage. With today’s technology for detecting faults on lines, reaching the site, and deploying line trucks and linemen, co-ops are restoring power even faster.

Across the U.S., electric co-ops have reduced the average time without power their members experience from 142 minutes in 2011 to 105 minutes in 2013 — a 26 percent decline.

Restoring power is a difficult job and must be done safely and strategically. When the lights go out, North Carolina’s electric co-ops must first assess all damage. Power is always safely restored to the greatest number of members in the shortest amount of time possible.