$7.6 MILLION ANNOUNCED FOR BRUNSWICK ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250121/76-million-announced-brunswick-electric-membership-corporation]


Release Date: 
Tháng 9 5, 2019 

Sept. 5, 2019
DR-4393-NC NR 178
Media Contact: (919) 990-4090

 

News Release

$7.6 Million Announced for Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation

 

DURHAM, N.C. – FEMA and the State of North Carolina are approving
nearly $7.6 million to reimburse Hurricane Florence-related repairs to
the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation.

 

The cooperative provides electrical service to Bladen, Brunswick,
Columbus and Robeson counties, which were included in the presidential
disaster declaration following Hurricane Florence.

 

High winds, rain and flooding caused by the hurricane damaged overhead
utility poles, lines and transformers in multiple counties.

 

FEMA’s Public Assistance program provides grants for state and local
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations to reimburse
the cost of debris removal, emergency protective measures and
permanent repair work.

 

Public Assistance is a cost-sharing program. FEMA reimburses
applicants at least 75 percent of eligible costs, and the remaining 25
percent is covered by the state of North Carolina. FEMA’s share for
this project is nearly $5.7 million and the state’s is $1.9 million.

 

The federal portion is paid directly to the state which disburses to
the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation.

 

For more information on North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane
Florence, visit ncdps.gov/Florence [https://www.ncdps.gov/Florence]
and FEMA.gov/Disaster/4393 [https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4393].
Follow us on Twitter: @NCEmergency [https://twitter.com/NCEmergency]
and @FEMARegion4 [https://twitter.com/femaregion4].

 

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