The pressures felt on the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative

Jim Lovinggood, president/CEO of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, devotes his current South Carolina Co-Op news column to the financial pressures that the multi-county electric power supplier is experiencing during the pandemic and a time of supply chain delays.  But, BREC spokesman Terry Ballenger, makes clear that the Pickens-based cooperative is not approaching the time where it should consider raising retail […]

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A learning trip for high schoolers to the nation’s capital

Two high school students from within the service territory of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative were part of a trip this summer to Washington, DC.  Logan Addis of Walhalla High School and Addison Wilson of Pendleton High School, along with 33 other South Carolina students, learned how government works, started their own cooperative, and produced their own podcasts.  A photo […]

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Passenger train is halted

A report credited this morning to the Washington Post quotes President Biden saying “a tentative” deal has been reached to avert the potential of, what’s feared, a freight railroad strike that would cripple the country’s supply chain.  But in the walkup to tomorrow’s deadline, all long-distance AMTRAK trains have been canceled.  Included is the passenger train that runs between north […]

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U-S Constitution Week is next week

Saturday through Friday, September 17-23, commemorates the signing of the Constitution of the United States.  Nora Field, regent wizard for the Tamassee DAR Chapter, says, “You might have even heard the phrase, ‘That’s unconstitutional’ or ‘That’s my constitutional right!”  Field urges everyone to use Constitution Week to resolve to be better informed and responsible citizens.  And you can do that […]

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