Local utility companies

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: *Bell South 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 960-7371
Telephone:
Sprint 732-2131, Mebtel 563-9111, Embarq 732-2121 or *Bell South 800-767-2355
Water: Town of Hillsborough 732-2104
Solid waste disposal & recycling: Orange County Public Works
Private: Orange Waste Services 245-1700

Chatham County & Pittsboro:
Electricity: *Progress Energy 800-452-2777
Telephone: Sprint 910-864-9011 or *Bell South 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

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.