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JOHNSON CITY — As bitter cold temperatures persist throughout the Southeast United States, the Tennessee Valley Authority has issued a voluntary call for energy conservation as TVA posted near record electricity demand of 32,040 megawatts this morning.

JOHNSON CITY – With 3-6 inches of snow predicted for the region through Saturday afternoon, BrightRidge is closely monitoring Winter Storm Cora, which will impact much of the service area. “Our crews have completed rigorous checks on all equipment, including chains and other winter-readiness tools,”

JOHNSON CITY — BrightRidge has received an unqualified, clean audit opinion from independent auditors Blackburn, Childers & Steagall for the 34th year running, reflecting a focused commitment on sound financial management and transparency.

JOHNSON CITY — BrightRidge Broadband has placed the first of four new fiber network cabinets in service in Fall Branch, providing high-speed broadband under a Tennessee Middle-Mile Broadband grant project to serve 122 customers that lack broadband. As the fiber network is completed to the remaining…

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,”…