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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…

LENOIR, NC (10 pm December 9, 2018 - OUTAGE UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians continue working tonight and have outages down to 93 members without power as of 10 pm Sunday, after a height of 2,269 as of noon today. Currently,…

LENOIR, NC (4:30 pm December 9, 2018 - OUTAGE UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians have outages down to 871 members without power as of 4:30 pm Sunday, after a height of 2,269 as of noon today. The foothill areas of Caldwell and…

LENOIR, NC (11:30 am December 9, 2018 - OUTAGE UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians are working to restore power after up to a foot of snow overnight began affecting parts of the cooperative’s service area Sunday morning. As of…

LENOIR, NC (December 7, 2018) -- Blue Ridge Energy urges members to keep important safety tips in mind, ahead of this weekend’s winter storm. Forecasts continue to indicate that a large winter storm will impact the Blue Ridge Energy…

LENOIR, NC (December 5, 2018) -- Blue Ridge Energy crews are on high alert and are monitoring potential impacts from the winter storm that is expected to impact the region this weekend.  Line technicians are prepping trucks with all…

LENOIR, NC (8 pm November 25, 2018 - OUTAGE UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy has all power restored as of 8 pm Sunday that occurred from damage caused by Saturday’s icy weather. Over 260 areas of damage were sustained on the cooperative’s…

LENOIR, NC (7:30 am November 25, 2018 - OUTAGE UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy will have all power restored by 5 pm today after early Saturday morning ice brought down many trees, especially in Caldwell County where the majority of system…

LENOIR, NC (10 am November 24, 2018 - OUTAGE UPDATE) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians are battling downed trees and damaged power lines to restore power after an overnight ice storm that has impacted the cooperative’s service area in…

LENOIR, NC (November 14, 2018) -- Blue Ridge Energy crews are on high alert and are monitoring potential impacts from the winter storm that is expected to impact the region tonight.  Line technicians are prepping trucks with all necessary…

LENOIR, NC (October 25, 2018) -- Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels recently donated $2,205 to The Wig Bank of Caldwell County. The donation represents a penny for every gallon of propane delivered in Caldwell County during the past twelve…

LENOIR, NC (September 27, 2018) -- Blue Ridge Energy and its community foundation, Blue Ridge Electric Members Foundation, have announced a $150,000 donation to help fund an Electrical Lineman Training Facility for Caldwell Community…

LENOIR, NC (September 21, 2018) -- On Wednesday, Blue Ridge Energy sent 20 line technicians and nine bucket trucks to assist in power restoration efforts for Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative (CCEC). All of CCEC's 40,000 members were…

LENOIR, NC (September 17, 2018) -- At approximately 4:00 p.m., Blue Ridge Energy line technicians and assisting crews restored all power outages resulting from the remnants of Florence. While scattered outages began in the service area on…

LENOIR, NC (September 17, 2018 - 11:30 a.m. update) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians have restored a majority of the over 8,000 members impacted by weekend outages related to the remnants of Florence, but crews continue working to…