Four County EMC takes a proactive, standards-driven approach to maintaining our electric system to ensure safety, reliability, and resilience for our members. We meet or exceed industry standards for both construction and right-of-way maintenance through routine inspections, vegetation management, and system upgrades.
Our commitment to proactive maintenance and industry-leading standards reduces outages, improves storm resilience, and maintains a safe, dependable electric system for the communities we serve.
Transmission Line Projects:
- Waycross to Turkey — Section 1 — In Progress
- Construction is underway on Section 1 of the Waycross to Turkey transmission project. Poles have been set, and crews are tying in wire during the week of August 10.
Complete Transmission Line Projects:
- Wallace POD to Walmart
- Hwy 53 from NE Cape Fear River to Shaw Hwy
- Highway 53 Transmission Project
- Penderlea Switching station to Six Forks substation
- Transmission Line Project – Support of NCDOT Interchange Project, Hwy 11 and 87 Intersection in Columbus County
Active Distribution Line Projects:
Underground:
- Brick Chimney — Phase 7 — In Progress
- Construction is underway on Phase 7 of the Brick Chimney underground project.
- Avery Davis Investments — Commercial Properties, Wallace
- Construction on the underground infrastructure serving Avery Davis Investments’ commercial properties in Wallace is scheduled to begin during the week of August 10. — Starting Week of August 10
Overhead:
- Highway 421 — Pender County Lift Station — In Progress
- Crews are upgrading a section of Highway 421 from single-phase to three-phase service using 336 ACSR conductor to support the Pender County lift station. Poles are currently being set.
- This work is taking place between Blueberry Road and Richard Switch Road and is not expected to affect traffic.
- Waycross Circuit 3 — Needmore Road — In Progress
- Crews are upgrading Waycross Circuit 3 from three-phase service to three-phase 336 ACSR on Needmore Road. Poles are currently being set.
- This work is taking place on or near Needmore Road between Waycross Road and New Hope Church Road.
- Harrison Creek Road — In Progress
- Crews are upgrading the existing single #4 line to three-phase 336 ACSR along Harrison Creek Road. This work is expected to be completed during the week of August 10.
- NCDOT Roundabout Project — Starting Week of August 10
- Construction will begin on a distribution project supporting a new roundabout at the intersection of Highway 210 and Island Creek Road near Hampstead. The project will continue along Highway 210 toward the NCDOT Hampstead Bypass project.
Completed Distribution Line Projects:
- Rose Hill Circuit 3 – Wallace Airport Line Relocation
- Rose Hill Circuit 3 – Williams Taylor Creek Rd (Single-Phase to Three-Phase Conversion)
- White Store Circuit 6 – Pole Changeouts for Cable Attachments
- King Bird Subdivision Project – Rocky Point Circuit 1 – Off Hwy 210 between Tall Pine Lane and Saratoga Housing Development.
- Tarheel Circuit 1 Conversion Project – Hwy 87 continuing 3 miles down Owen Hill Road
- Owen Hill Road distribution project complete
- Charity Circuit 5 Conversion Project – Hwy 41 continuing 1.6 miles to Deep Bottom Road
- Wards Circuit 1 Project – Pender County Detention Center
- White Oak Conversion Project – Hwy 53 north of the White Oak community from near Wood Lane to Live Oak Methodist Church Road.
- Lisbon Circuit 1 Conversion Project – White Plains Church Road between Lisbon Road and Hwy 87.
- Carver Creek Circuit 4 Conversion Project – Hwy 53 from Elwell Ferry Road to Natmore Road in Kelly
- Blind Bridge Circuit 6 Conversion Project – Browntown Road
- Chinquapin Circuit 1- Joe Hop Williams Road
- Carver Creek Circuit 3 Conversion Project
Right-of-Way Tree Trimming:
2026 Distribution Trimming:
- Ingold Ckt 1, 2, 3, 4: Sampson County
- Carvers Creek Ckt 1, 2, 3, 4: Bladen & Columbus County
- Scruggs Ckt 22-01, 22-02, 22c-01, 22s-01: Bladen County
- Tarheel Ckt 1, 2, 4, 5, 6: Bladen County
- White Oak Ckt 1, 2, 3: Bladen County
- York Ckt 1, 2, 6: Bladen County
Total: 758.4 Miles
2026 Transmission Trimming:
- Ingold to York
- Tarheel to White Oak
- Richardson to Browns of Carolina
- Lisbon to Mcmillan
- Mcmillan to White Store
- Lisbon to Carvers Creek
- Carvers Creek to Armour
- Wards Corner to Penderlea
- Wallace to Penderlea
- Wallace to River Landing
- Charity to River Landing
- Charity to Beverage
- Beverage to Rose Hill
- Rose Hill to Waycross
- Tarheel to Scruggs
Total: 80.9 Miles
2026 Distribution Inspection:
- Harrells Ckt 1, 3
- Charity Ckt 1,
- Chinquapin Ckt 1, 3
- Wards Corner Ckt 4
- Ingold Ckt 2
- Lisbon Ckt 2
- York Ckt 1, 2
- River Landing Ckt 1, 2, 3
Total: 9,407 Poles
2026 Transmission Inspection:
- Armour to Carvers Creek
- Beverage POD to Charity
- Beverage POD to Jimmy Jerome Park
- Browns tap moab to Browns of Carolina
- Browns tap moab to Richardson
- Burns to Wards Corner
- Carvers Creek to Lisbon
- Charity to Chinquapin
- Guyton to Tarheel moab
- Hwy 11 goab – Armour to Armour
- Hwy 11 goab – Burns to Burns
- Ingold to Waycross
- Jimmy Jerome Park to Waycross
- Jimmy Jerome moab to Rose Hill
- Kelly POD to Hwy 11 goab – Armour
- Kelly POD to Hwy 11 goab – Burns
- Mcmillan to Lisbon
- Penderlea to Wards Corner
- Penderlea to Six Forks
- Powell POD to Browns tap moab
- Powell POD to Whites Store
- Richardson to Guyton
- River Landing to Charity
- Shaw Hwy moab tower to Maple Hill
- Shaw Hwy moab tower to Rocky Point
- Six Forks to Shaw Highway moab tower
- Tarheel moab to Tarheel
- Tarheel POD to Scruggs
- Tarheel POD to Tarheel moab
- Tarheel to White Oak
- Wallace POD to Penderlea
- Wallace POD to River Landing
- Waycross to Harrells
- Waycross to Turkey
- White Store to Mcmillan
- York POD to York
- York POD to Ingold
- York POD to White Oak
Total: 2,569 Poles