Laurinburg is one of 32 municipalities who, as members of NC Eastern Municipal Power Agency, are preparing for the agency's 4 percent rate increase next month.
A memo from Fowler & Associates, the city's Charlotte-based electrical consultant, advised the city to go ahead with the rate increase so that "the city and the electrical department remain financially sound in all aspects."
The memo also notes that "additional increases may be expected" from the power agency.
Ken Raber, senior vice president of NC Eastern Municipal Power Agency, will be at the meeting to defend the power agency's decision to raise the
The council meets at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building.
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