Pike Electric Corporation and its subsidiaries provide outsourced electric distribution and transmission services in the United States. The company focuses primarily on the maintenance, upgrade, and extension of overhead and underground power lines, as well as on providing storm restoration and ancillary services. Its powerline services include overhead service, which consists of construction and repair of wire and components in energized overhead electric distribution systems; and underground services ranging from residential installations, directional boring, duct bank, and manhole installation to construction of complete underground distribution facilities. The company also performs maintenance work consisting of repairing or replacing damaged or defective components, inspecting distribution systems for safety hazards, and upgrading outdated infrastructure. In addition, Pike Electric Corporation offers maintenance, upgrade, and extension services for transmission lines, as well as provides ancillary services, including construction of power substations and installation of street lighting and fiber optic lines. Its storm restoration services include repair or reconstruction of a part of distribution or sub-500 kilovolt transmission network, including substations, power lines, utility poles, and other components damaged during snow, ice, or wind storms, flash floods, hurricanes, tornados, or other natural disasters. The company serves electric utilities, co-operatives, and municipalities in a contiguous 19-state region that encompasses from Pennsylvania in the north to Florida in the southeast, and to Texas in the southwest. Pike Electric Corporation was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Mount Airy, North Carolina.