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September 26, 2024
BrightRidge prepares (update 1)
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September 26, 2024
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

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August 9, 2024
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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Fast charger ribbon cutting ceremony
June 4, 2024
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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June 4, 2024
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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March 8, 2024
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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January 16, 2024
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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January 11, 2024
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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December 21, 2023
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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