In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062025/north-carolina-power-surge-fraying-electric-system/

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jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
TLDR: The town owns its own electric utility and mismanaged the utility’s funds to the point of leaving the distribution system in severe disrepair.

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- Carmakazi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Mismanaged or embezzled?
  
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  - jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Mismanaged. Subsidizing shortfalls in the general fund using funds from the electric utility.
    
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  - Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yes.
    
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