Progress Energy Gives Scholarship Money to Williamsburg Tech

Mindy Taylor (right), manager of community relations with Progress Energy, and Dr. Cleve H. Cox, president of Williamsburg Technical College, exchange the check for Progress Energy’s gift to the College in the amount of $1,000 for scholarship use.  Once a recipient is named, the Progress Energy Scholarship funds will be distributed to the recipient in two payments of $500 for fall semester and $500 spring semester.  Preference will be given to a customer of Progress Energy who is enrolled in a two-year degree program in an electrical related field. The recipient shall be selected and the scholarship awarded without regard to race, sex, color, creed, religious preference, age, national origin or handicap of each candidate. 

Progress Energy, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is a Fortune 250 energy company with more than 21,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $10 billion in annual revenues. The company includes two major utilities that serve more than 3.1 million customers in the Carolinas and Florida. Progress Energy is the 2006 recipient of the Edison Electric Institute's Edison Award, the industry's highest honor, in recognition of its operational excellence. The company also is the first utility to receive the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Founder's Award for customer service. Progress Energy serves two fast-growing areas of the country, and the company is pursuing a balanced approach to meeting the future energy needs of the region. That balance includes increased energy efficiency programs, investments in renewable energy technologies and a state-of-the-art electricity system. For more information about Progress Energy, visit the company’s Web site at www.progress-energy.com.