Wake Forest Power News

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

06/26/2023

***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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06/26/2023

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

06/25/2023

***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

04/28/2023

Wake Forest Power (WFP) is inviting its customers to share their thoughts and opinions on WFP programs and services by completing a brief survey. Available at https://bit.ly/WakeForestSurvey , the questionnaire is available through Friday, April 21,...Read more

04/12/2023

***UPDATE - Power has been restored. The cause was an unfortunate squirrel.

Approximately 1,200 Wake Forest Power customers are without power. Affected streets and areas include Downtown Wake Forest, Dogwood, Tyler Run, Magnolia Forest, Woodland Drive, Richland, Durham Road,...Read more

04/06/2023

For the first time in two years and only the fourth time since 2008, Wake Forest Power (WFP) is raising electric rates. During Tuesday’s monthly meeting, the Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted unanimously to raise residential rates 9.5 percent in both April and September, and small and large...Read more

03/23/2023

Wake Forest Power (WFP) is inviting its customers to share their thoughts and opinions on WFP programs and services by completing a brief survey. Available at https://bit.ly/WakeForestSurvey , the questionnaire takes approximately 10 minutes to...Read more

03/17/2023

***UPDATE - Power has been restored. The cause was an unfortunate squirrel.

Approximately 60 Wake Forest Power customers in the Deacons Ridge Subdivision are without power. Affected streets include South Allen Road, Rockville Road, Deacon Ridge Street, Middle Bridge Court, Ledgerock Road...Read more

01/11/2023

Wake Forest Power (WFP) has received national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2021. The recognition comes from the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade group that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities.

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10/06/2022

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