Episodes

  • Plugged into Savings: Free Online Tips for Cutting Costs
    May 28 2024

    Summer is here and your cooling system is putting in overtime hours. Many people ask for ways they can save. Today, we cover a few tips and where to find more.

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    5 mins
  • Weathering the Storm
    Jan 26 2024

    Many in northwest NC will never forget the Christmas of 2009 ice storm. With our mountain communities in the dark for days and an electric grid that was largely laying on the ground, what were the lessons learned and how can people be prepared for the next big storm? Director of Public Relations, Renee Walker, breaks it down on this episode of Unplugged.

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    18 mins
  • GUEST HOST: Haley Dorsey, YLC Representative and CEO, Doug Johnson
    Oct 26 2023

    We put a bow on Cooperative Month with Youth Tourist, Leadership Track student, and YLC representative for Blue Ridge Energy, Haley Dorsey, guest hosting an episode of Unplugged, interviewing CEO, Doug Johnson.

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    14 mins
  • Too far, too fast?
    Jul 28 2023

    Blue Ridge Energy CEO, Doug Johnson, joins the podcast to talk about a rollercoaster year for electric utilities and why he thinks current energy policy is moving too far, too fast.

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    8 mins
  • Getting Connected
    May 12 2023

    Broadband has been an important topic of discussion in rural America since the pandemic. Learn how an electric cooperative subsidiary, RidgeLink, is making an impact in the rugged terrain of northwest North Carolina.

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    21 mins
  • Mini-Episode: NEW Outage Map
    Mar 29 2023

    More detail than ever before! That's the theme of this episode about our new outage map and a quick tutorial on how to use it.

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    5 mins
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors
    Dec 20 2022
    This special edition of our Unplugged Podcast, where we talk about Neighbors Helping Neighbors and the need in our High Country communities this winter.
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    12 mins
  • Introducing Tempest
    Dec 8 2022
    We've partnered with Weatherflow Tempest to bring Blue Ridge Energy members $50 off a new weather station, but why? Weather has a big impact on your cooperative and we discuss how better weather data can make a BIG difference in reliability.
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    11 mins