Wake Forest Power News
The Town of Wake Forest and Wake Forest Power (WFP) are joining more than 2,000 not-for-profit utilities in celebrating Public Power Week October 1-7. As part of this annual week-long celebration, the Town and Wake Forest Power will offer the following free events and activities:
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The second and final rate increase of the year for Wake Forest Power residential customers will take effect in September.
In March, confronted with spiraling equipment and materials costs and major supply chain issues following a string of mild winters, and facing a potential deficit of...Read more
The Town of Wake Forest is pleased to announce that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Aileen Staples has been promoted to Assistant Town Manager/CFO effective July 1, 2023.
As Assistant Town Manager/CFO, Staples will assist Town Manager Kip Padgett with a variety of Town priorities,...Read more
Beginning the week of July 24 and continuing into the week of July 31, the Town of Wake Forest will periodically reduce to one lane portions of South Main Street/US 1A daily from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The temporary closures are necessary to allow tree crews to safely trim tree limbs and branches around...Read more
Wake Forest Power has scheduled a brief power outage early Thursday morning, July 13, that will affect approximately 200 customers in the following neighborhoods: Heath Ridge Village, Franklin Street Townes, and Deacons Ridge.
The outage is scheduled from 5:30-6:30 a.m. Electricity will...Read more
Wake Forest Power crews are responding to power outages affecting the following businesses at Gateway Commons: Lowe’s Gas Station, Kiddie Academy of Wake Forest, Code Ninjas, and Complete Pet Care Animal Hospital.
The outages are due to a ruptured power line caused by a contractor...Read more
Wake County is one of several counties in central NC under a Level 3, or enhanced, risk for severe thunderstorms later today and tonight. According to the National Weather Service, the storms could bring damaging wind gusts up to 80 mph, large hail, and lightning.
Central NC is also...Read more
***UPDATE - Power has been restored to most of the affected area. The cause was a blown fuse.
A few stores in the downtown area are still without power. Crews are working to get power back on as quickly as possible.
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Wake Forest Power officials believe they have determined the cause of the intermittent outages that have affected approximately 1,000 customers over the past two days.
Crews located and replaced a faulty switch which is believed to be the cause of these outages. On a positive note, no...Read more
***UPDATE - Power has been restored. The cause was a blown transformer.
Approximately 600 Wake Forest Power customers are without power.
Affected streets and areas include South Franklin Street, South White Street, Havisham Court, Evesham Court, Old Magnolia Lane, Sugar Maple...Read more
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