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LENOIR, NC (December 5, 2019 1 pm Update) -- Blue Ridge Energy crews are working hard to restore power to the remaining 390 members impacted as a result of severe winds across Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany Counties. At the height…

LENOIR, NC (November 13, 2019) -- Kelly Melton of Caldwell County recently earned the Director Gold credential from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) as part of her service on the Board of Directors for Blue Ridge…

LENOIR, NC (October 25, 2019) -- Blue Ridge Energy was one of three utilities selected by the N.C. Weatherization Assistance Program (NCWAP) for a grant to help low-income members benefit from community solar resources. Local…

LENOIR, NC (October 7, 2019) -- Tanner Greer was recently promoted to Director of Information Technology for Blue Ridge Energy. Greer began his career at Blue Ridge Energy as a college intern with the information technology (IT) group.…

LENOIR, NC (August 14, 2019) -- All power has been restored after severe weather impacted 2,200 Blue Ridge Energy members on Tuesday, August 13. Crews worked throughout Tuesday to repair damage at 22 locations across the cooperative’s…

LENOIR, NC (July 26, 2019) -- Members on the waiting list for Blue Ridge Energy’s fifth community solar garden will be excited to learn construction is underway, with completion scheduled by mid-to-late August. The new solar garden brings…

LENOIR, NC (June 10, 2019 - 4 PM UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians and assisting crews have restored all but one member with power from this weekend’s heavy rain and flooding that affected 5,556 members. The one remaining…

LENOIR, NC (June 10, 2019) -- During post-flood inspections Sunday, a Blue Ridge Energy employee discovered that record-high waters had reached its Lenoir substation, causing three transformers to tip over due to flood waters washing out…

LENOIR, NC (June 9, 2019 -11 PM UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy line crews continued working this evening, using ATVs to reach any assessable areas after heavy rain and flooding washed out roads and brought down trees on power lines, causing…

LENOIR, NC (May 29, 2019) -- Two Blue Ridge Energy line technicians have completed a volunteer project to bring electricity to a rural Bolivian village for the first time. Eddie Stephens of Watauga District, and Jerry Gregg of Caldwell…

LENOIR, NC (March 6, 2019) -- The combined efforts of Blue Ridge Energy members and the cooperative’s other electric demand reduction programs have generated power cost savings approaching half a million dollars. “Currently, 4,075…

LENOIR, NC (February 22, 2019) -- As part of the mission of electric cooperatives to assist rural communities with quality of life economic development issues, funds are awarded to selected entries by the government’s Rural Economic…

LENOIR, NC (January 28, 2019) -- Cold temperatures are in this week’s forecast and this typically leads to higher demand for propane and fuels. Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels delivery personnel are continuing to work long hours,…

LENOIR, NC (January 18, 2019) -- Blue Ridge Energy is announcing a Beat The Peak alert from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday, January 21, ahead of extremely cold temperatures arriving late weekend. Beat The Peak alerts are announced when…

LENOIR, NC (January 16, 2019) -- Caldwell County citizens will benefit from grants worth $30,615 awarded recently to local helping agencies from the Blue Ridge Energy Members Foundation for the most recent grant cycle. Since its inception,…

LENOIR, NC (10 am Outage Update January 13, 2019) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians are restoring power for over 700 members without power as of 10 am Sunday. Earlier this morning, outages were at a height of 1,130 across the…

LENOIR, NC (January 11, 2019) -- Blue Ridge Energy is on high alert and ready to respond should severe weather predicted for this weekend lead to power outages in the cooperative’s service area of Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Avery,…

LENOIR, NC (January 7, 2019) -- Blue Ridge Energy recently sent 18 care packages as part of their involvement in RED: Remember Everyone Deployed. RED shows solidarity and support for deployed military men and women while they are away from…

LENOIR, NC (December 7, 2018) -- Alan Merck has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Blue Ridge Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative serving some 76,000 consumers in northwest North Carolina with corporate…