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May 5, 2023
Tennessee Valley Authority awards $125,000 to 11 schools within Washington County

WASHINGTON COUNTY – The Tennessee Valley Authority has awarded $125,000 to 11 individual schools within the Washington County School system as part of TVA’s School Uplift program. In total, TVA has awarded $2.6 million in grants to 64 schools across the Southeast for HVAC upgrades and energy efficiency training…

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March 28, 2023
BrightRidge breaks ground for new Solar Learning Lab

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge, Silicon Ranch Corporation, LightWave Solar, LLC and the Tennessee Valley Authority broke ground Tuesday on a new solar learning lab at BrightRidge’s 2600 Boones Creek Road campus. The Solar Lab will produce 498.4 MWh annually which will offset 100% of the usage for its Administration Building.

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January 27, 2023
BrightRidge Broadband posts 10,000 subscribers; access available to 30,000 locations

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Broadband exceeded 10,000 subscribers to its nation-leading next generation broadband service this week, a major milestone for the nearly four-year-old startup service by BrightRidge. Currently, BrightRidge Broadband has infrastructure in place to serve nearly 30,000 locations in Washington County…

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January 13, 2023
BrightRidge & TVA to cut ribbon on Smart Poles project Saturday morning at Founders Park

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge and the Tennessee Valley Authority will cut the ribbon Saturday morning at 11 a.m. on 49 “Smart” Poles that have been installed just in time for the holidays at Founder’s Park and King Commons in downtown Johnson City. The ribbon cutting will occur during the Holiday Market at the Founder’s Park Pavilion…

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January 13, 2023
Rolling roadblock scheduled for fiber pull across I-26 Sunday morning

JOHNSON CITY – Motorists should expect rolling roadblocks on Interstate-26 from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Sunday to permit the placement of broadband fiber crossing the interstate between Exit 20 at North Roan Street and Exit 22 at Watauga & Unaka avenues. Rolling roadblocks allow traffic to be slowed or temporarily stopped…

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December 21, 2022
BrightRidge posts 32nd clean audit, continued growth amid record return to customers

JOHNSON CITY – Blackburn, Childers & Steagall auditors issued a clean opinion for Fiscal Year 2022, marking BrightRidge’s 32nd year with a clean audit and strong balance sheet as BrightRidge prepares to refund nearly $3.46 million to customers. “BrightRidge has now posted four straight years without a local rate increase…

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November 25, 2022
BrightRidge to issue $2.66 million Recovery Credit to customers in February & July; bumps Internet speeds at no cost to customers

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to pass along its full Tennessee Valley Authority Pandemic Recovery Credit to residential and small commercial customers, providing $2.66 million in bill relief in in 2023. The credits will be issued twice, in February and July, and will average between $12-$20 per credit…

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October 31, 2022
BrightRidge Broadband files injunction over “Brightspeed” branding by Apollo Global

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Broadband has filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Tennessee seeking an injunction against Apollo Global Management, a New York City based private equity firm that recently completed the $7.5 billion purchase of the former CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies assets in 20 states including Tennessee.

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October 28, 2022
Nearly $900,000 in electric system deposits to be returned in February

JOHNSON CITY – About 4,113 BrightRidge Electric residential customers will receive a refund of their deposit in February thanks to their strong payment history, recouping nearly $900,000 collectively that would have otherwise been held until an account was closed. Prior to the policy change approved by the BrightRidge Board of Directors…

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