Here are the telephone numbers you will need to set up your utilities. Be sure to allow about a week for the setup, and it's usually a good idea to call the day before your move to verify that the utilities have been connected. (An *asterisk* indicates that you can sign up online.)

Durham:
Electricity: *Duke Power 800-777-9898
Water/Sewer: City of Durham 560-4411
Telephone: *Verizon 800-483-4000
Gas: Public Service 877-776-2427
Cable TV: *Time-Warner 595-4892
Solid Waste disposal & recycling: Durham County Solid Waste Mgmt

Chapel Hill & Carrboro:
Electricity: *Duke Power 800-777-9898
Telephone: *AT&T 800-767-2355
Water/Sewer: *OWASA 968-4421
Gas: Public Service 877-776-2427
Cable TV: *Time-Warner 595-4892
Solid waste disposal & recycling: Orange County Public Works

Hillsborough:
Electricity: Piedmont Electric 732-2123 or Duke Power 800-777-9898
Cable TV: *Time-Warner 595-4892
Telephone: Sprint 732-2131, Century Link 563-9111, or *AT&T 800-767-2355
Water: Town of Hillsborough 732-2104
Solid waste disposal & recycling: Town of Hillsborough, 732-2104, or private
Private: Orange Waste Services 245-1700

Chatham County & Pittsboro:
Electricity: *Progress Energy 800-452-2777
Telephone: Century Link 919-563-9111 or *AT&T 800-767-2355
County water if available: Chatham Utility Division 542-8270
Aqua North Carolina for private water systems: 877-987-2782
Solid waste disposal & recycling: Chatham County Waste Management
Private: Chatham Disposal 542-5684 or First Choice Disposal 919-542-5398

Time Warner Cable is available only in some rural areas, check the site to determine if available in your area.

Propane gas must be purchased from the company who owns the tank.

Some Chapel Hill and Hillsborough addresses are in the Verizon phone district, please confirm.