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Brightridge Solar
May 4, 2020
BrightRidge, TVA issue Renewable Energy Certificates to BrightRidge Solar customers

JOHNSON CITY – After a full year of electric generation at the region’s first solar farm in Telford, BrightRidge and the Tennessee Valley Authority are issuing 840 Renewable Energy Certificates to 62 BrightRidge Solar participants, including Washington County Schools. Constructed in partnership with BrightRidge, TVA and Nashville-based…

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April 29, 2020
BrightRidge invests $50,000 in RegionAHEAD fund; partners with TVA on Heisse Johnson Hand Up Fund

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday evening to invest $50,000 with the RegionAHEAD fund to assist struggling small businesses and partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Community Care Fund to enhance aid to residential customers through the Heisse Johnson Hand Up Fund.

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March 24, 2020
BrightRidge moves to electronic meetings amid COVID-19 public health concerns

JOHNSON CITY – Operating under authority of Executive Order 16 signed Friday by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, BrightRidge will now conduct all Board of Director meetings electronically at least through the duration of the Order. BrightRidge, organized as a public political subdivision of the State of Tennessee, will conduct its meetings…

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March 20, 2020
BrightRidge Suspends Walk-In Service

JOHNSON CITY – Due to the unprecedented circumstances in our service area, BrightRidge will close its walk-in customer service lobby effective Monday, March 23, 2020. BrightRidge urges all customers to use its online and phone-based customer service options or drive-through lanes at its 2600 Boones Creek Road offices. In addition…

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December 17, 2019
BrightRidge reports 29th clean independent audit as utility inaugurated broadband service

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge continued a nearly three-decade record of strong financial control as independent auditors issued a clean audit this week with no findings or deficiencies in financial record keeping in Fiscal Year 2019 even as BrightRidge launched a new Broadband Division. “Consistent, transparent financial…

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December 17, 2019
Traffic stoppages scheduled Thursday night & Friday morning for State of Franklin Road

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge will be pulling new conductor wire across State of Franklin Road near the intersection with Med Tech Parkway requiring intermittent traffic stoppages from 8 p.m. Thursday, December 19 continuing through 6 a.m. Friday, December 20. Johnson City Police Officers will control the State of Franklin Road…

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November 12, 2019
BrightRidge Broadband honored with Calix Innovation Award at national conference

SAN JOSE, Calif – When BrightRidge Broadband set about building a nation-leading 10Gb fiber optic network, it began with a few simple mandates. The system must be redundant with multiple linkages to the internet backbone, robust and flexible. Those principles have now been recognized by Calix Inc. which honored BrightRidge last week…

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October 17, 2019
State of Franklin Road rolling roadblock planned for Sunday

JOHNSON CITY – As part of ongoing system improvements, BrightRidge will implement a rolling roadblock on Sunday, October 20, 2019 along State of Franklin Road (Tennessee Highway 381) at the Browns Mill Road intersection. Rolling roadblocks are scheduled between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. as new conductor wire is hung.

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Downtown Jonesborough
October 1, 2019
Jonesborough, Washington County & BrightRidge partner on downtown WiFi

JONESBOROUGH – Tennessee’s Oldest Town has added two new amenities just in time for the National Storytelling Festival, partnering with BrightRidge & Washington County to offer free downtown WiFi along Main Street and the Courthouse Square while the town’s first electric vehicle charging station is also now online this week.

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