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BrightRidge Prepares – Update 1
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge crews and contractors are responding to about 13,165 outages around its service territory as Tropical Storm Helene continues to move through the region. Motorists should avoid travel unless essential at least until the storms blow through as expected by forecaster later this afternoon.
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BrightRidge prepares for Hurricane Helene
JOHNSON CITY — BrightRidge continues to prepare for stormy conditions and high winds as tropical weather is anticipated to impact the region through at least this weekend, with the highest risk currently projected for tomorrow. BrightRidge retains 14 crews in both its service and construction divisions…
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6,000th Home Uplifted
JONESBOROUGH – The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced the completion of its 6,000th Home Uplift project at a Friday morning ceremony with BrightRidge and the Morton family at their Jonesborough home newly improved through the program. The family purchased their home while living abroad in Japan…
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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…