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September 21, 2005
Piedmont Power and ElectriCities to Represent APPA's Hometown Connections
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Hometown Connections
Tim Blodgett, 303-526-4515
tblodgett@hometownconnections.com
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Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
Mike Frazier, 864-848-5409
mfrazier@pmpa.com
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ElectriCities of North Carolina
Rebecca Agner, 919-760-6334
ragner@eletricities.org
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Sales Network Extends to No. Carolina, So. Carolina, Virg.
EVERGREEN, Colo.—The Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (Piedmont Power) and ElectriCities of North Carolina (ElectriCities) will be representing APPA’s Hometown Connections in the sales and marketing responsibilities for the products and services they offer. Jointly, Piedmont Power and ElectriCities will offer Hometown Connections’ products and services to the public power communities throughout South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
Headquartered in Greer, South Carolina, Piedmont Power is a joint action agency formed by ten municipal electric utilities in the northwest section of South Carolina. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ElectriCities is a not-for-profit organization committed to providing services to public power communities across the Carolinas and Virginia. Hometown Connections is the utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA), negotiating lower purchase prices from industry suppliers on behalf of all APPA members across the U.S. The products and services offered through Hometown Connections include SCADA systems, advanced metering infrastructure over power lines, broadband Internet over power lines, customer information software, customer & employee research, automated external defibrillators, online energy information/audits, and consulting in the areas of energy risk management, broadband communications, and business strategy development.
”Piedmont Power is looking forward to working with Hometown Connections and ElectriCities to offer and provide Hometown Connections’ products and services to our communities. We feel that Hometown Connections will present benefits to our members, our communities, and our region,” said Don Ouchley, General Manager of Piedmont Power.
“This new partnership with Hometown Connections correlates directly with ElectriCities’ mission of creating opportunities to provide maximum value to our member communities and customers,” said Jesse C. Tilton, III, CEO of ElectriCities. “Our joint participation with Piedmont Power and Hometown Connections adds value to the comprehensive services we provide to our members.”
Tim Blodgett, President and CEO of Hometown Connections, said, “We’re very pleased to welcome Piedmont Municipal Power Agency and ElectriCities of North Carolina as sales representatives for Hometown Connections. We know that local sales representatives are in the best position to identify the needs of a specific community and to make sure our product and service suppliers meet those needs successfully.”
At present, a network of 17 public power entities across the U.S. serve as Hometown Connections local sales or marketing representatives. The local sales representatives work directly with the suppliers and the public power utilities in their state or region throughout the product inquiry, sale and delivery process. The local marketing representatives help advertise and promote the products and services offered by Hometown Connections. The 8 public power local sales representatives are: Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, ElectriCities of North Carolina, American Municipal Power-Ohio, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Crawfordsville, Ind., Electric Light & Power, Walter McGrath (New England), and Bill Moss (Tennessee). The 9 public power local marketing representatives are: Energy Northwest, City of Safford (AZ), Florida Municipal Electric Association, Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities, Indiana Municipal Electric Association, Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, Illinois Municipal Utilities Association, Texas Public Power Association, and Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association.
About Hometown Connections International, LLC, Evergreen, CO
Hometown Connections is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA). APPA is the national service organization representing the nation’s more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities. It owns 65% of Hometown Connections through its Public Power Inc. subsidiary. Alabama Municipal Electric Authority owns the remaining 35% of Hometown Connections. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from leading industry suppliers.
About Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, Greer, SC
The Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, Piedmont Power, is a non-profit, public utility incorporated in 1979. The agency was formed by, and continues to provide wholesale electric service to, ten municipal utilities in the upstate of South Carolina. These ten member utilities serve the cities of Abbeville, Clinton, Easley, Gaffney, Greer, Laurens, Newberry, Rock Hill, Union and Westminster.
About ElectriCities, Raleigh, NC
More than 70 North Carolina public power communities serve more than 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. Member municipalities both own and operate their electric systems, and most have been providing electric service for 100 years or more. ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc. provides customer service and safety training, emergency and technical assistance, communications, government affairs and legal services to public power cities. ElectriCities also provides management services to the state’s two municipal power agencies: North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number One (NCMPA1) and its counterpart in the east, North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA). NCMPA1 has 19 member cities and NCEMPA has 32 member cities.
See the Piedmont Power and ElectriCities Web Sites
• Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
• ElectriCities of North Carolina
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