Planned Power Outage Monday

Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 14:57 Press Release

Don't panic when your a/c stops in the wee hours of Monday morning.

Tideland Electric Membership Corporation will conduct a planned outage affecting all of Ocracoke Island before the start of business on Monday, June 17. The outage is scheduled to begin Monday morning at 2:30 a.m. when electric cooperative crews will place a new piece of equipment into service at the Hatteras Island substation that serves as Tideland’s delivery point to Ocracoke. Power should be restored no later than 4:30 a.m.

Tideland EMC is a member-owned, not for profit cooperative serving more than 22,400 accounts in six eastern North Carolina counties. Additional information about the cooperative and a real time outage map are available at www.tidelandemc.com.