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JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to donate another $60,000 including Tennessee Valley Authority Community Care Fund matching dollars to the Heisse Johnson Hand Up Fund assisting low-income residential customers with energy bills as the region heads into autumn.

JOHNSON CITY — BrightRidge is partnering with Silicon Ranch to build a new 9 MW solar farm in western Washington County under the flexible terms of BrightRidge’s new 20-year Partnership Agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Historically, local power companies were required to sell all electricity they generated directly to TVA.

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Broadband will offer free community Wi-Fi at the grounds of 16 Washington County schools, six community centers, three Johnson City schools and three Sullivan County schools under $2.47 million in Tennessee Emergency Broadband Grants awarded by the Tennessee Department of Economic and…

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge is temporarily closing its public lobby for four weeks beginning August 17 to allow for completion of a façade project designed to improve building access and safety. Customers needing assistance can still access BrightRidge Customer Service by phone, website chat, social media and…

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Directors approved a Fiscal Year 2021 budget for the utility that does not raise electric rates for a second year in a row, while the Tennessee Valley Authority is also expected to keep wholesale power rates flat for the next 12 months. Further, BrightRidge customers are realizing lower power bills due to…

JOHNSON CITY – Entering the third year rollout, BrightRidge Broadband has more than 17,000 serviceable locations and the company is undertaking a major push in the next 12 months to add 13,000 serviceable locations in its 2021 budget just approved by the BrightRidge Board of Directors. Boones Creek and Gray will see in the biggest…

JOHNSON CITY – Weather permitting, BrightRidge tree trimming contractors will be working along Browns Mill Road from the intersection of Carroll Creek Road to the intersection of Chickasaw Street on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This maintenance work to improve system reliability will require a lane closure. Motorists are advised…

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge will be pulling static wire across Interstate 26 near University Parkway on Sunday, June 14 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. as well as conductor wire on Tuesday, June 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on TN Highway 36/North Roan Street near the intersection with West Oakland Avenue. Both projects will require rolling roadblocks…

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday evening to invest another $50,000 with the RegionAHEAD fund to assist small businesses as the region begins to fully reopen the economy, while issuing a challenge to other regional electric utilities – public and private – to match the investment.