Wilson Energy provides natural gas to consumers by underground lines. Damaging or disturbing these lines could result in disrupted service, expensive repairs or personal injury.

Any type of excavation requires a utility locate request through NC811. Once NC811 receives the request they will forward the locate information to the proper agencies, including Wilson Energy.

By calling NC811 you can have the gas, electric, water, sewer, cable, telephone lines, etc., located with one phone call. Normally, this can be done within three working days. These locates will have only agency-owned lines located; privately owned lines will NOT be marked. Visit the NC811 website @ www.nc811.org for Private Line Locators.

All Calls to NC811 are free.

APWA Uniform Color Code

For the Marking of Underground Lines

White	Proposed Excavation
Pink	Temporary Survey Markings
Red	Electric Power Lines, Cables, Conduit, and Lighting
Yellow	Gas, Oil, Steam, Petroleum, or Gaseous Materials
Orange	Communication, Alarm, or Signal Lines
Blue	Potable Water
Purple	Reclaimed Water, Irrigation, and Slurry Lines
Green	Sewers and Drainage Lines

 

 

 AUG. 11 (8/11) SERVES AS CONVENIENT REMINDER FOR NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS TO ALWAYS CALL 811 BEFORE DIGGING 

North Carolina 811 encourages people to make a free call 3 days before digging to know what’s below 
 NC811 hopes this date on the calendar, 8/11, will serve as a natural reminder for residents to call 811 prior to any digging project to have underground utility lines marked. Every nine minutes an underground utility line is damaged because someone decided to dig without first calling 811. 

When calling 811, homeowners and contractors are connected to NC811, the local one call center, which notifies the appropriate utility companies of their intent to dig. Professional locators are then sent to the requested digging site to mark the approximate locations of underground lines with flags, spray paint or both. 

Striking a single line can cause injury, repair costs, fines and inconvenient outages. Every digging project, no matter how large or small, warrants a call to 811. Installing a mailbox, building a deck, planting a tree and laying a patio are all examples of digging projects that need a call to 811 before starting. 

“On Aug. 11 and throughout the year, we remind homeowners and professional contractors alike to call 811 before digging to help eliminate the risk of striking an underground utility line,” said Louis Panzer, Executive Director for NC811, “It really is the only way to know which utilities are buried in your area.” 

The depth of utility lines can vary for a number of reasons, such as erosion, previous digging projects, and uneven surfaces. Utility lines need to be properly marked because even when digging only a few inches, the risk of striking an underground utility line still exists. 

Visit www.nc811.org or www.call811.com for more information about 811 and safe digging practices.

 

Charles Pittman Receives the

Ray Killough Award for Contributions to Damage Prevention

GREENSBORO, NC (January 27, 2023) - Charles Pittman, Board member of NC 811 for 14 years, was honored during the 2022 Q4 Board meeting, January 20^th 2023, as the latest recipient of the Ray B. Killough Distinguished Service Award.

The Ray B. Killough Distinguished Service Award recognizes that safety and damage prevention is a shared responsibility between utilities, facility locators and excavators and honors those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the One Call Center and to the reduction of facility damages in North Carolina in the same spirit and superior service that distinguished Ray B. Killough throughout his tenure as a Board Member of North Carolina One Call Center, now NC 811.

Although retired in 2009, Charles Pittman, former Assistant City Manager for the City of Wilson, continued to remain the League of Municipalities’ choice to represent the interest of the cities and counties in North Carolina. During his 14 years of service to NC 811 Charles served on every committee at one point or another and was witness to and a participant in many changes at NC 811, including a move to assessment based billing of membership, choosing a successor for George Glenn in 2011, the investment in Norfield and the purchase of the new office complex in Greensboro.

Charles Pittman is known for many accomplishments while at the City of Wilson. Perhaps best known for his efforts to expand Buckhorn Lake, coordinate the Transportation Improvement Program, organized the Downtown Streetscape Rehabilitation, helped to establish Burt Gillette Athletic Complex, efforts to make upgrades to Wilson’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, established the Stormwater Division, worked with the Water Resources to establish Wilson’s Water Re-Use Program, and he purchased the city’s first computer in 1971.

Louis Panzer, NC 811 Executive Director, stated “Mr. Pittman exemplifies outstanding commitment to NC and damage prevention, providing direction and leadership while representing the League of Municipalities through 14 years of service. It has been an honor to work with him through my time and his voice of reason and experience will be missed on the Board.”

For more about NC 811, visit NC811.org.