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Electrical Equipment
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1. Water Heater, Central Air Condidtioning Units and Electric Heat Pump Bill Credits: Beyond the load management switch credit, a customer may receive an electric water heater or electric heat pump bill credit for installing an energy efficient electric water heater or heat pump. 2. Energy Audits: Most high bills can be traced to inefficient usage in the home or business. The Town of Wake Forest has a full time Energy Auditor that is trained to spot areas of concern and possible savings for customers. This is a free service. 3. Security Lighting: Outdoor lighting contributes to a safe nighttime environment in the Town of Wake Forest. Town employees can explain how each customer can benefit. 4. Standby Generation Consulting: Town of Wake Forest employees can help commercial customers by working with an electrical consultant to safely install backup generation for critical loads. 5. Load Management: Rebates on electric water heaters, central air conditioning units and electric heat pumps.
Power Quality Enhancements 1. Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems: Customers with personal computers may want to prevent data loss caused by momentary interruptions of power. 2. Surge Protection Systems: Customers may want to prevent expensive damage to sensitive equipment caused by lightning, storms, and other power surges. 3. Power Conditioning: Businesses can benefit from clean power ideas. Dirty power is electricity which fluctuates, spikes, and surges because of the normal operation of computers and machinery inside a business.
Service Interruptions
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1. The Town of Wake Forest will make a good faith effort to provide continuous and uninterrupted electric service, but cannot be liable for loss or damage (direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or otherwise) caused by any failure to supply electricity or by an interruption. 2. If the customer notifies the Town of Wake Forest of an outage condition, a Town employee will make a good faith effort to restore power. 3. The Town of Wake Forest will attempt to call back every customer who calls during an outage. The Town may consider waiting until the next day to return calls that come in after 4 p.m. 4. Prolonged service interruptions due to maintenance and construction may sometimes be necessary. In some instances, where safety is a concern, the customer may be required to have
2 General Statutes of North Carolina 160A-334; North Carolina Utilities Commission Rule R8-40.