Blue Ridge Electric Issues Alert
For Immediate Release
Contact: Renee Whitener, Director of Corporate Communications, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, (828) 758-2383 ext. 3213; Pager:1-800-471-1323; or E-mail: Renee Whitener
BOONE, N.C., (September 19, 2002) – Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation has issued an alert for members needing to come into the Watauga district office located at 2491 US Hwy. 421 South.
Members needing to visit the office should take extra caution in their vehicles due to heavy construction taking place to upgrade Hwy. 421 near the Blue Ridge Electric office. Slower travel speeds and paying extra attention to large equipment and construction debris is advised. Members should also be aware entrances and roads may be rerouted.
The cooperative is preparing to display special markers identifying the current re-routed entrance to the Blue Ridge Electric office.
Unless a personal visit is necessary, the cooperative suggests the following alternatives to members needing to contact the cooperative with inquiries, to pay their bill, or for other reasons:
Visit www.BlueRidgeEMC.com for answers to many customer service questions, to contact the cooperative via e-mail, to find out information about your account, or to pay on line by check or credit card. While the cooperative’s propane subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, can provide customer service on-line at www.BlueRidgeEnergies.com.
Call the cooperative’s automated PowerLine at 1-800-448-2383 to quickly find out information about your account or to report an outage.
Or you can call the district office at 264-8894.
Blue Ridge Electric serves more than 64,000 consumers in the northwest North Carolina counties of Watauga, Caldwell, Ashe, Alleghany and parts of Wilkes and Alexander.
