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6,000th Home Uplifted
JONESBOROUGH – TVA, BrightRidge and the Morton family celebrate the 6,000th Home Uplifted by the program at their newly improved residence. Home Uplift assists income-qualified BrightRidge and TVA customers with free home energy upgrades.
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BrightRidge, Johnson City unveil first publicly available Level 3 EV Charger
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge, the City of Johnson City, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation celebrated an important milestone for electric vehicle adoption in the region with a Thursday morning ribbon-cutting of the first public Level 3 EV fast charger in Johnson City and Washington County.
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BrightRidge Broadband earns $6.86 million Tennessee Middle Mile grant to serve thousands of rural residents
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Broadband will be extending nation-leading fiber optic broadband service to 1,868 unserved homes in Washington County and 199 unserved homes in Greene County over the next 30 months, with the total $9.54 million project also providing service to another 3,826 homes along the Middle Mile…
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BrightRidge presents Solar School participation award to Board of Education
JONESBOROUGH – BrightRidge presented a Solar School participation award of $76,776 to the Washington County Board of Education at Thursday’s board meeting, larger than the $47,079 award in 2023 as production rose at Martin Solar Farm. “We believe distributed solar generation in partnership with high-quality producers saves money…
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TVA, BrightRidge ask customers to reduce electric usage where possible
JOHNSON CITY – The Tennessee Valley Authority and BrightRidge are asking customers to reduce their electrical usage where possible as temperatures continue to fall. The measure, formally called Emergency Load Control Plan Step 20, is an appeal to customers to begin voluntary load reductions where possible.
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UPDATE DELAYED DUE TO WEATHER …. BrightRidge asks customers to hold electronic payments Saturday, notify of outages Monday and Tuesday
JOHNSON CITY – Technology upgrades will impact the BrightRidge SmartHub mobile application and other electronic payment systems on Saturday while automated metering system improvements will temporarily impact automated outage notification on Monday and Tuesday.
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BrightRidge holds the line on costs for customers despite inflation; Posts clean audit
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge has directly discounted nearly $5.1 million in electric sales to its customers over the last three years, while maintaining well below national average electric rates, launching a Broadband division and assembling its 33rd clean audit in a row, according to the latest accounting review of the company…
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BRIGHTRIDGE, TVA DONATE $82,500 TO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO EXPAND STEM LAB
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge and the Tennessee Valley Authority joined together Tuesday afternoon to donate $82,500 to the Boys & Girls Club of Johnson City/Washington County to expand a STEM lab with a 48-student waiting list. “We are pleased to be able to provide this donation, eliminating a waiting list…
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Brightridge, Pike Electric host Live Line Training for area First Responders
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge was honored to host 200 area police, fire and emergency medical first responders, line worker students and other community members on Tuesday for a Live Line Demonstration event conducted by Pike Electric. BrightRidge would like to thank Pike safety trainers Andy Cleary, Mike Blevins and Kevin Hamm…
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Rolling roadblock slated for Tuesday afternoon on North Roan Street
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge contractors will be conducting a rolling roadblock impacting all lanes from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the vicinity of Hillside Road and Hemlock Lane on North Roan Street. The work is part of a continual BrightRidge program to improve electric system reliability…