Photo: NC Aquarium PKS · CC BY 3.0Living in Pine Knoll Shores, NC: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Pine Knoll Shores comes from the Pine Knoll Shores water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Pine Knoll Shores comes from Carteret-Craven El Member, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pine Knoll Shores, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Pine Knoll Shores.
Power comes from Carteret-Craven El Member
Carteret-Craven El Member (Carteret-Craven El Member Corp), a cooperative utility, serves 56.7% of Pine Knoll Shores residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across North Carolina).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pine Knoll Shores water system
The Pine Knoll Shores water system supplies Pine Knoll Shores: about 82% of residents live in its service area. Town of Atlantic Beach serves another 11%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Bogue Banks Water Corporation and Town of Atlantic Beach as sellers) and serves 4,800 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NC0416031.
5 home internet providers serve Pine Knoll Shores
99% of 1,325 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber | 8% | 40/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 38% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 19% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 10% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Pine Knoll Shores’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pine Knoll Shores.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Pine Knoll Shores is in Carteret County Schools.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Pine Knoll Shores is in ZIP code 28512
ZIP codes where Pine Knoll Shores residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pine Knoll Shores | ZIP’s residents in Pine Knoll Shores |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28512 | Atlantic Beach, NC | 100% | 46% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Pine Knoll Shores
Who supplies Pine Knoll Shores’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Pine Knoll Shores water system (EPA ID NC0416031). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pine Knoll Shores?
Carteret-Craven El Member (Carteret-Craven El Member Corp), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pine Knoll Shores?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pine Knoll Shores?
28512. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pine Knoll Shores in?
Carteret County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Pine Knoll Shores?
In North Carolina you can register online until 25 days before Election Day, in person with same-day registration during the early voting period, or by mail (postmarked 25 days before). Elections here are run by the Carteret County Board of Elections. Check your registration at vt.ncsbe.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.