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JOHNSON CITY — Early damage and recovery costs for Hurricane Helene exceed $1 million dollars and rising, BrightRidge directors learned at their regular board meeting Tuesday. At the height of the storm, more than 33,000 of BrightRidge’s 83,000 electric customers were without power.

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge and Pike Electric completed the third crossing of the Nolichucky River at Taylor Bridge on Friday night, restoring 120 remaining outages on the electric system a day ahead of schedule. “All the homes in the area that can accept power are now energized,” BrightRidge CEO Jeff Dykes said.

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge restored all remaining outages north of the Nolichucky by Thursday morning, down from 33,458 outages at the height of storm Helene. Since the hurricane hit Friday, BrightRidge and contracted crews rebuilt two river crossings across the storm-widened Nolichucky River channel…

JOHNSON CITY – A truly epic week of reconstruction continued Wednesday, as BrightRidge and a host of contractors managed to restore power across the Nolichucky River early Wednesday morning, with broader distribution inside the hard-hit South Central community following around 2 a.m.

JOHNSON CITY – Tropical Storm Helene recovery efforts continued Tuesday along the Nolichucky River, with BrightRidge working to complete a river crossing at Bailey Bridge in the South Central Community. “Today’s main goal is to complete the structures at Bailey Bridge and get conductor wire across the Nolichucky River,”…

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge electric construction crews will be completing final work late Monday on support structures necessary to allow sag in longer conductor lines needed to cross the Hurricane Helene-widened Nolichucky River channel at Bailey Bridge in southern Washington County.

JOHNSON CITY – In response to the flooding severely impacting Northeast Tennessee and the region, BrightRidge is donating $150,000 to support small businesses through Region AHEAD, a non-profit fundraising organization dedicated to assisting small businesses in times of crisis.

JOHNSON CITY – Recovery efforts are continuing in the wake of storm Helene and tragic flooding in our area. As of 2:15 p.m. Sunday, BrightRidge crews are continuing to work to restore about 2650 outages, with 1800 of those outages located south of the Nolichucky River.

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge electric system outages are down to around 7,000 customers at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, with all available crews deployed. At least two additional contract crews are enroute, but serious damage is widespread throughout our region as well as Western Carolina. As noted in our last update…