Kelly Crawford

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) experienced widespread outages resulting from severe weather that rolled through our service territory in the late afternoon hours of Friday, March 3. At the peak of the event, BRMEMC had 121 outages affecting approximately 26,165 member-customers. Power restoration efforts began as soon as it was safe …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — On Wednesday, August 31, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) was awarded $5,250,000 in funding through the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program as part of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan to invest nearly $2 billion in federal and state funds to close the digital divide in …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — On Monday, July 18, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) was awarded $5,491,000 in funding through the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program as part of Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan to invest nearly $2 billion in federal and state funds to close the digital divide in North Carolina. …

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Young Harris, Georgia – Emily Frizzell of Young Harris, Georgia has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship through a special program made possible by Blue Ridge Mountain EMC and other local power companies across TVA’s seven-state service area. Emily, the daughter of Daniel and Alecia Frizzell, is among 35 recipients of this year’s Power Play scholarship, …

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Young Harris, Georgia – Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) announced today, Wednesday, February 9, that construction will begin on its state-of-the-art fiber-optic internet service in the Hanging Dog and Grape Creek areas of Cherokee County, North Carolina. In December 2017, BRMEMC was awarded $3 million through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Connect …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) recently activated fiber internet service to several member-customers in the Pine Log area of Clay County, North Carolina. On Tuesday, Jan. 4 BRMEMC personnel, county officials and the first Pine Log fiber customers celebrated this momentous occasion by holding a ribbon cutting ceremony in the parking …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) experienced widespread outages resulting from Winter Storm Izzy that blew through our service territory Saturday, Jan. 15 – Monday, Jan. 17. Power outages began around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning and at the peak of outages 7,177 members were without power. Outages were mainly in the …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) experienced widespread outages resulting from a winter storm that blew through our service territory Monday, Jan. 3. BRMEMC began experiencing outages around 12 a.m. At the peak of outages 7,755 members were without power. Most of the damage came from strong winds that toppled snow-covered trees …

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