July 22, 2005 Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 RE: Pike Electric Corporation Common Stock Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-124117) Dear Sirs and Mesdames: In connection with the proposed offering of the above-captioned securities, we wish to advise you that we, as a representative of the several underwriters, hereby join with Pike Electric Corporation's request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the same will become effective on July 26, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. or as soon as practicable thereafter. The following is supplemental information supplied under Rule 418(a)(7) and Rule 460 under the Securities Act of 1933: (i) Date of preliminary prospectus: July 12, 2005. (ii) Dates of distribution: July 12, 2005 - July 22, 2005 (iii) Number of prospective underwriters to whom the preliminary prospectus was furnished: 4 (iv) Number of prospectuses so distributed: approximately 20,100 (v) Compliance with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Included in Master Agreement Among Underwriters of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (now known as Citigroup Global Markets Inc.). Very truly yours, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. /s/ John C. Cocchiarella John C. Cocchiarella Vice President and Associate General Counsel