CP&L launches Internet home page.RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 1996--Carolina Power & Light (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CPL) has unveiled a new page in the company's history -- make that a "home" page. CP&L has ventured into cyberspace by establishing a home page on the Internet. The company's address on the World Wide Web -- www.cplc.com -- will allow its customers, shareholders, the media and the world to communicate with the electric utility company in a new and different way. "Our home page gives our customers the choice of how and when they would like to communicate with us," said Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller (Born, best known for A Soldier's Play, winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. , CP&L's vice president of marketing. "We've developed a plan to keep our home page fresh, so that our customers will keep coming back to it." Web surfers visiting CP&L's home page can explore the company's products and services, shareholder information and economic development opportunities in CP&L's 30,000-square-mile service area in the Carolinas. Also, CP&L's home page includes important telephone numbers for customers, such as numbers to call to report power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
Fuller said the company established its home page with a long-term plan in mind. "We've planned future releases and updates to our Web page, which we believe has helped us develop a better product," he said. "Our goal is to grow in the way we use the Internet over time to help improve the way we do business with our customers." CP&L plans to explore the interactive capabilities of its Web page in future releases. CP&L serves 1.1 million customers. CONTACT: Carolina Power & Light, Raleigh Kyle Hampton, 919/546-6189 KEYWORDS: NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET REPEATS: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or |
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