utilities
Piedmont Natural Gas lands top spot in JD Power ranking
Dec. 5. Piedmont Natural Gas landed the No. 1 spot in customer satisfaction in the new J.D. Power Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study of large residential natural gas companies in the South. It’s the third year in a row that PNG was No. 1 among eight in the South. Charlotte-based Piedmont earned top rankings […]
Board member re-elected at Energy United
Sept. 24. Cornelius resident and business owner Brian Sisson has been elected to another three-year term on the EnergyUnited Board of Directors. He is the COO of The Range on Bailey Road. EnergyUnited is the largest electric cooperative in North Carolina with 141,540 member connections. Headquartered in Statesville, it provides electric service in portions of […]
No. 7: JD Power ranked Energy United on customer satisfaction
April 24. EnergyUnited ranks seventh in Customer Satisfaction for residential electric service among cooperatives in the J.D. Power 2023 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. Its overall satisfaction score was 779 on a 1,000-point scale. Energy United and Duke Energy serve the area west of the interstate. Customers who call EnergyUnited can speak to someone […]
Huntersville resident is new COO of EnergyUnited
Sept. 13. Brett Alkins is the new chief operating officer at EnergyUnited. The position was previously held by Thomas Golden, before he was selected by the EnergyUnited Board of Directors to succeed Wayne Wilkins as the cooperative’s chief executive officer. Alkins’ tenure with EnergyUnited began in 2015 as C&I sales manager. He was later promoted […]
New CEO of EnergyUnited is Golden
April 29. Thomas Golden, COO of EnergyUnited, has been named CEO, succeeding Wayne Wilkins who retired. The announcement was made by board chair Dr. Max Walser, following a nationwide search. As COO, Golden was responsible for the oversight, implementation and execution of many strategic initiatives that focused on developing growth opportunities, operational enhancements, improving member […]
David Wolf will head up new Highfill Infrastructure office in North CLT
April 6. Highfill Infrastructure Engineering has opened its first Charlotte office at 9300 Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 440, in Charlotte. The Cary-based water sector professional engineering consulting firm also has regional offices in Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Columbia, SC. David Wolf, PE, is the engineer in charge of the Charlotte office. The company said the new […]
