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LENOIR, NC (January 25, 2023) -- Caldwell County citizens will benefit from five grants worth $47,300 awarded recently to local helping agencies from Blue Ridge Energy Members Foundation for the most recent grant cycle. The grants are…

LENOIR, NC (January 12, 2023) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians and all staff are on high alert, prepared to respond should severe weather calling for wind gusts of 50 miles-per-hour or higher predicted today and through Saturday cause…

LENOIR, NC (December 24, 2022) -- Duke Energy has ended their requirement this morning for load curtailment, which affected Blue Ridge Energy members and others across the state with rolling blackouts to ensure power stability across North…

LENOIR, NC (December 24, 2022) -- Blue Ridge Energy has been forced to implement rolling blackouts to reduce their use of electricity due to a generation capacity emergency caused by the extreme cold.  These blackouts will occur on a…

LENOIR, NC (December 22, 2022) -- Blue Ridge Energy line technicians and staff are on high alert, prepared and ready to respond should severe weather predicted today and through the weekend cause outages in the cooperative’s service area of…

LENOIR, NC (December 2, 2022) -- Blue Ridge Energy has donated a retired digger derrick line truck to Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s Electrical Lineworker Institute to help train future line technicians. The truck is…

LENOIR, NC (March 17, 2022) - Blue Ridge Energy provided an OSHA 30-hour Electric utility course offered by North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation for operations and engineering employees from March 7-11 at its Watauga district…

LENOIR, NC (February 22, 2022) - Blue Ridge Energy celebrated a historic day as it held a “Flip the Switch” ceremony to recognize the launch of one of the largest solar facilities in the region, benefiting its members with carbon-free…