Newly Elected Officers Announced for Blue Ridge Electric Board

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

Lenoir, North Carolina (June 26, 2003) – The Board of Directors of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation elected officers during their regularly scheduled meeting this month.

John Woodruff, of Alleghany District, was re-elected as president. He has served on the board since 1968. Kenneth Greene, of Ashe District and a board member since 1988, was re-elected as vice president. Jeff Joines, of Caldwell District, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. He has served on the board since 1998. Joy Coffey, of Watauga District and a board member since 1996, was re-elected as assistant secretary-treasurer.

A Touchstone Energy cooperative, Blue Ridge Electric is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative serving some 65,000 consumer accounts in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander and Wilkes counties.

For more information on Blue Ridge Electric, see www.BlueRidgeEMC.com.