Up & Coming Weekly

2 UCW OCTOBER 7-13, 2009 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Telephone Service 483-1382 Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, excluding holidays We're On It! 1-877-OUR-PWC124-Hour Emergency Visit Us Online Pay the easy way at: www.faypwc.com Customer Service Nearly 13,000 NC GreenPower subscribers, including many PWC customers, have single handedly offset three million pounds of carbon dioxide being released into our air. This is equivalent to planting five million trees or not driving for 4.2 million miles. How did they do it? By participating in the NC GreenPower program, a voluntary program that helps build up North Carolina's clean power when participants purchase blocks of green power (cleaner energy generated through renewable energy resources such as wind, solar and organic matter). A customer's tax-deductible contribution adds that much more green power to North Carolina's power supply resulting in a healthier environment. Through NC GreenPower, all renewable energy resources used are located in our state. Currently 215 producers are providing renewable energy through solar photovoltaics, wind, landfill methane gas, hydroelectric and biomass (wood waste). Visit www.faypwc.com to learn more and sign up for NC GreenPower. Want To Make A Difference? Participate in NC GreenPower How Does Public Power Benefit You? About 14% of your home's monthly energy use goes to heating water. If your hot water heater is more than 10 years old, it probably is not properly insulated. Use of an insulating jacket can reduce your energy bill, save you money and help the environment by preventing over 1,000 lbs. of CO 2 emissions. PWC on the Air PWC is proud to continue its designation as a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) for providing its cus- tomers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service, making your PWC electric services a great value. Join host, Wendy Riddle, for PWC Connections, on Time Warner Community Channels 7 and 60. Find out more about: • Quality drinking water • Weatherization program available for low-income families • PWC customers generate their own power • The Community Garden Show Schedule: Channel 7 – 8pm Oct. 6, 20 Channel 60 – 10am and 4pm Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 Fall Energy and Safety Tips Saving Energy • Change dirty air filters (Heating and air conditioning systems work more efficiently if you change filters once a month) • Call your service company and have your heating system checked out for the upcoming winter season. Having your heating system in working order will make it operate more efficiently – which means you'll help conserve energy and save money. Working Safely • Don't use electric tools around water or wet surfaces or outside in the rain. • If you're trimming or cutting trees, be sure to stay away from power lines, and don't cut trees so they fall on the lines. • Remember to watch out for power lines if you're carrying ladders or long handled tools. Stop. Think. Conserve. More than 2,000 cities and towns in the United States light up their homes, businesses and streets with "public power" electricity that comes from a community-owned and operated utility. PWC is a public power electric provider that has served our area for over 100 years. Some of the nation's largest cities – Los Angeles, San Antonio, Seattle and Orlando – are Public Power communities. Owned by the city of Fayetteville, PWC operates for the benefit of our local customers and our community. Our employees are your friends and neighbors. And our electric revenue remains in our community, building a strong, reliable electric system and helping Fayetteville/Cumberland County grow and prosper. Also, because we are local, we can provide the fastest possible response to our customers. Serving over 70,000 electric customers, PWC is committed to providing reliable electric services to our customers and continuing a strong public power tradition. Did you know? • PWC is the largest municipal power system in the state of North Carolina and the 37th largest public power system (of 2011) in the United States. • PWC residential electric rates are the lowest in the state of all electric providers and rates for all customer classes are below the state average (Standard & Poor's Bond Rating Report-2007) • PWC is the only municipal electric system in North Carolina to own and operate its own Generation Plant. • PWC is one of only six Public Power utilities nationally to have earned the Diamond Level of the Reliable Public Power Award - the highest level of reliability recognized by the American Public Power Association. Learn how to save energy, water and money! Join PWC this month at the following community events as we celebrate Public Power. Register to win credits on your PWC bill and receive complimentary conservation tools! WIDU Community Expo Friday, October 9 Crown Expo Center Energy Saving Expo Presented by PWC and Beasley Broadcasting Saturday, October 17 Marketfair Mall Cumberland County Library Green Fest Saturday, October 17 Headquarters Library October 2009

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