Greer CPW began providing electric service in 1914, when a coal powered generation plant was built on the site which is now our Vehicle Maintenance Facility. This two-wire system generated 2,300 volts of electricity. In the 1930’s, the Commission began buying power from the Southern Utility Company to supplement its supply of electricity. In the 1970’s, the Commission joined with other municipal utilities through the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency to purchase 25 percent of a reactor at the Catawba Nuclear Power Plant. Currently, our electric power is supplied by this jointly-owned reactor. Greer CPW maintains three high voltage substations, with a fourth planned to become operational in 2010.
Service Area:
The City of Greer, with northern boundaries extending to Henderson Road on Highway 14 North, on Highway 101 to Johnson Road and on Highway 290 to North Rutherford Road and slightly beyond. The southern boundaries extend from Westmoreland Road on Highway 14 South (this feeds the Bent Creek Plantation Subdivision) to the southern end of Brockman-McClimon Road to Liberty Hill Road then to the south end of Highway 101 at Freeman Farm Road. We now serve a new elementary school on Abner Creek Road and a lift station on Burns Road. The eastern boundaries are Highway 80 on Highway 29 past the South Tyger River. The western boundaries are Fairview Road on Highway 29 and Suber Road off Hood Road.
How to read your Electric meter:
Your electric meter measures the amount of electricity passing through our service lines into your property. The electricity consumed from Greer CPW is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh). The standard billable unit of electricity is a kilowatt. A kilowatt is equivalent to 1,000 watts of energy. A kilowatt-hour equals 1,000 watts used for a period of one hour. For example, a 50 watt light bulb, burning for 20 hours would consume one kilowatt.
On a monthly basis, your utility meter is read to determine your monthly consumption of electricity. The reading for the current month are subtracted from the previous month’s reading to determine how much electricity you have used. Your monthly bill is based on this consumption.
For most of our electric customers, a digital meter is supplied to measure the electricity that is provided to each respective location. The digital reading on the display is read like a car’s odometer, left to right.
In the above illustration, the current reading is 03886 kilowatt-hours. To calculate the monthly usage, simply subtract the current reading from the previous months reading displayed on your bill. If your previous reading was 02701 for example, 1,185 kilowatt-hours were used between monthly meter readings. This usage is then applied to the applicable rate to determine the cost of your monthly bill.
