North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation

North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, operating as Ncemc, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on cybersecurity and renewable energy support for electric cooperatives and rural utilities. The organization has received four federal grant awards over the past seven years, totaling $5.9 million in combined obligated dollars, with 75% positioned as prime recipient work and 25% as sub-recipient engagement.

Ncemc's recent capability footprint centers on two discrete mission areas. The largest award is a $5,583,421 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security, executed September 1, 2026, under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008). This four-year award, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, supports the North Carolina Electric Corporation Statewide Cybersecurity Services Consortia, delivering technical assistance to strengthen information technology and cybersecurity capacity across eligible electric cooperative and municipal utilities statewide. Performance runs through August 31, 2030, with work centered in Brentwood, North Carolina. A prior award from the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services in August 2023 provided a project grant under the REAP Renewable Energy System (RES) Grant program, completing August 28, 2025. Ncemc also serves as a sub-recipient on grant work managed by Nreca Research, focused on implementing Operational Technology monitoring for generation, transmission, and distribution cooperatives across North Carolina.

Customer concentration is split across three distinct federal agencies, all within the civilian infrastructure and rural development space. The Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services accounts for two awards; the Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security and the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy each account for one. Award activity remains episodic—one award per year in 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2026—with no parent federal IDIQs or GWACs present in the grant footprint.