Blue Ridge Electric Earns Safety Accreditation
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
Raleigh, North Carolina (July 22, 2004) – Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation has received national recognition for its comprehensive safety program.
The Rural Electric Safety Accreditation Program is one of the few programs in the country that provides a management tool for a continuous safety and loss control assessment specific to rural electric utilities. Founded in 1967, the safety program promotes higher standards in safety and loss control in the rural electric community.
The certificate, the thirteenth to be awarded to the cooperative, was recently presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives (NCAEC) in Raleigh.
Blue Ridge Electric is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative serving some 67,000 members in seven North Carolina counties.
NCAEC is the trade association for North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives, the network of electric co-op organizations that provide reliable, safe and affordable electric service to 850,000 farms, homes and businesses in North Carolina. North Carolina’s electric cooperatives consist of 27 electric co-ops throughout the state, each member-owned, not-for-profit and overseen by a board of directors elected by the membership. North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives proudly serve 2.4 million people in 93 of the state’s 100 counties.
