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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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge has been recognized as a “Top Performer” by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for its efforts to help the community achieve energy efficiency and save money through the TVA EnergyRight Home Uplift program. Home Uplift, funded by BrightRidge and TVA at $521,000 for the current fiscal year…

JOHNSON CITY – To ensure the safety of BrightRidge tree-trimming contractors, power will be disconnected from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, August 1, to about 25 homes in the 500 block of Highland Avenue and 600 Block of Lamont Street. Power will be reconnected during the lunch hour, but disconnected again at 1 p.m.…