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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…
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BrightRidge, TVA, Silicon Ranch & LightWave Solar ‘Flip the Switch’ on new Solar Learning Lab
JOHNSON CITY – Officials with BrightRidge, Silicon Ranch, LightWave Solar and the Tennessee Valley Authority joined together Tuesday afternoon to Flip the Switch on a new Solar Learning Lab at BrightRidge’s 2600 Boones Creek Road campus. The Solar Learning Lab will produce 500 kW of energy, sufficient to power the…
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BrightRidge Board approves balanced FY 2024 budgets; budgets $1.3 million for customer credits
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge unanimously adopted a balanced Fiscal Year 2024 budget this week without an increase in local electric or broadband rates. With the budget balanced, the BrightRidge Board of Directors voted to return $1.3 million to residential and small commercial customers through July bill credits.
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BrightRidge honored by TVA for investment in energy saving programs
JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge was honored at is regular Board of Directors meeting this week with the 2022 Investing in Our Future Award from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for its exceptional efforts to support eleven local schools in TVA EnergyRight’s School Uplift program. “Our Energy Services personnel are constantly looking for…
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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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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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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…