What ElectriCities of North Carolina does

ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc. is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1965 and headquartered in Raleigh that serves community-owned public power utilities across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The organization manages wholesale power supply on behalf of members through two joint power agencies — North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA1) and North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) — and delivers a portfolio of shared services including the Emergency Assistance Program (a mutual aid network spanning 70+ communities), Smart Sites® economic development marketing, smart metering and SCADA technology services, Career Development Programs, Commercial & Industrial energy consulting, and corporate communications support (P4 Program).

The underlying technology platform consists of conventional utility infrastructure rather than differentiated IP: smart metering solutions, SCADA systems, utility billing and ERP software, prepay options, and a member portal (portal.electricities.com) for service access. Proprietary programs include the registered Smart Sites® trademark (shovel-ready site certification) and TempTracker365™ (temperature impact visualization for residential customers). Service breadth runs from outage coordination and restoration to grant administration (Smart Communities Grant, Downtown Revitalization Grant) and workforce training programs approved by the North Carolina Department of Labor.

ElectriCities operates a community-led go-to-market model in which revenue is generated through membership fees and service assessments paid by 90-99 member municipalities rather than direct billing to end consumers. Customer pricing (electric rates) is set by individual member communities and is not disclosed at the ElectriCities level. Distribution is regional and direct, delivered via field staff assigned to each member community, the member portal, the annual conference (held August 17-19, 2026 at Omni Homestead Resort), and a multi-channel marketing program (Weekly Wire newsletter, Capital Connections newsletter, Developments quarterly publication, social media, and Public Power Week). Member additions occur when municipalities take over operation of their electric distribution systems or join public power, as exemplified by the Huntersville transition in July 2026.

Name

ElectriCities of North Carolina

Legal name

ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc.

Website

https://electricities.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ElectriCities of North Carolina is a nonprofit membership organization serving 90+ community-owned public power utilities across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. It manages wholesale power supply through two joint agencies and provides member services including emergency mutual aid, Smart Sites® economic development, smart metering, and workforce training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Services: ElectriCities operates as a membership organization providing power supply and related services to community-owned electric systems. Revenue is generated through membership fees and service fees charged to member communities for power supply management, technical services, and other support functions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ElectriCities of North Carolina is a not-for-profit membership organization that provides wholesale power supply and shared services to over 90 community-owned public power utilities across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. It manages two power agencies (NCMPA1 and NCEMPA) for joint generation and power purchasing, and offers members services including emergency mutual aid, economic development support (Smart Sites®), commercial and industrial energy services, grid innovation and technology services (smart metering, SCADA, billing/ERP), workforce training, legislative advocacy, and grant programs. Revenue is generated through membership and service fees charged to member municipal utilities.

Product overview

ElectriCities of North Carolina is a membership organization serving public power communities across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The organization operates as a platform providing power supply management through NCMPA1 and NCEMPA power agencies, combined with a suite of member services including Smart Sites® for economic development, TempTracker 365™ for customer bill insights, Emergency Assistance Program for mutual aid, Career Development Programs for workforce training, Commercial & Industrial Services for business energy optimization, and Technology Services including smart metering, SCADA, and billing solutions. The portfolio includes grant programs (Smart Communities Grant, Downtown Revitalization Grant), communications support (P4 Program), and customer-facing tools like the Outage Map and Phil's 2-Minute Drills educational content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Smart Sites®: A program created by ElectriCities to assist member communities in preparing shovel-ready sites for economic development.
• TempTracker365™

Products and services

• Smart Sites®

Quantifiable outcome

• ElectriCities delivered $529 million in net value to members in 2024
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Town of Huntersvilleformer member transitioningOthersHuntersville is transitioning from receiving power through ElectriCities to operating its own electric distribution system. ElectriCities previously operated and maintained the combined system for both Huntersville and Cornelius. The transition will provide Huntersville direct oversight and local control with quicker decision-making.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA): National trade and services organization for the cooperative utility sector — broader than ElectriCities in scope and cooperative (not municipal) membership, but operates with the same member-owned philosophy and offers parallel services (training, mutual aid).

Others

• American Public Power Association (APPA): National trade association serving the 2,000+ public-power utilities in the U.S. — adjacent/ecosystem participant that sets industry standards, advocacy, and training used by ElectriCities members.
• Duke Energy Progress: Investor-owned utility that is both a wholesale power supplier to ElectriCities members (via NCEMPA agreements) and a competitive counterparty for retail customers — operationally coupled ecosystem participant.

Direct peers

• PowerSouth Energy Cooperative: Generation & transmission cooperative serving wholesale power needs of member systems across the Southeast — comparable G&T structure, energy marketer role, and member-services portfolio.
• American Municipal Power (AMP): Non-profit G&T cooperative serving municipal utilities across multiple states with wholesale power, technical services and member programs — highly comparable business model and service breadth to ElectriCities.
• Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA): Joint-action agency supplying wholesale power and shared services to Florida municipal electric utilities — same wholesale-power/agency structure as ElectriCities, just in a different state.
• Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power): Joint-action agency providing wholesale power and shared services to 49 Georgia municipal utilities — the closest structural analogue to ElectriCities, differing only by state footprint.

Regional players

• Santee Cooper (South Carolina Public Service Authority): State-owned public utility providing wholesale and retail electric service in South Carolina — regional peer with overlapping territory and joint customers though owned by the state rather than member-municipalities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ElectriCitiesNC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/NCPublicPower
• Facebookfacebook.com/ElectriCitiesNC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ElectriCitiesNC
• Instagraminstagram.com/ElectriCitiesNC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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