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Wake Forest Power News

WF Power crews responding to downtown power outage
***UPDATE - Power has been restored. Crews are attempting to determine the cause of today’s outage. The following information was distributed at 8:31 a.m.Wake Forest Power crews are responding to a...
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WF Power crews responding to outages in vicinity of North Taylor Street
***UPDATE - Power has been restored. Approximately 300 Wake Forest Power customers in the vicinity of North Taylor Street and Wait Avenue are without power. The cause of the outage is a blown fuse...
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WF Power crews responding to outages in vicinity of Unicon Drive
Power has been restored. The cause was a faulty lightning arrester. The information below was distributed today at 11 a.m.: Approximately 110 Wake Forest Power customers in the vicinity of Unicon...
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Celebrate Public Power Week October 1-7
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...
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Wake Forest Power residential customers to see electric rate increase in September
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...
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Aileen Staples promoted to Assistant Town Manager/CFO
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...
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Tree trimming scheduled to begin Monday along South Main Street/US 1A
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...
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Planned power outage Thursday morning to affect Wake Forest Power customers in Heath Ridge Village, Franklin Street Townes & Deacons Ridge
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...
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Wake Forest Power responding to outages at Gateway Commons
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...
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Residents urged to brace for possibility of damaging winds, hail & flash floods
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...
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Wake Forest Power responding to downtown power outage
***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...
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Wake Forest Power offers update on intermittent outages
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...
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