Unplugged

Transmission and Distribution Engineering Manager, Blake Herman, joins the podcast to discuss Helene and the challenges our engineering team faced.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.