Blue Ridge Energy Thursday Update: Power Restoration Countdown: Additional Crews Mobilized to Watauga, Ashe Counties
October 10, 2024 Lenoir, North Carolina (4:30 pm, Thursday, October 10, 2024) – With nearly 97% of Blue Ridge Energy members restored with power after Hurricane Helene left 63,000 members in the dark, the cooperative is able to move additional manpower from its 500+ line technicians, tree workers and road graders to the hardest hit areas in Watauga and Ashe counties although crews continue work in all areas. As of 4:30 pm Thursday, crews are working to restore the final 2,535 members: 1,451 in Watauga County, 930 in Ashe County, 82 in Caldwell County, 49 in Wilkes County, 15 in Alleghany County and 8 in Avery County.