Blue Ridge Energy
Thomas Russell is currently the Fiber Optic/Telecommunications Team Leader at Blue Ridge Energy since January 2021. Prior to this, Thomas held the position of Senior Communications Analyst at Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. from March 2013 to January 2021. Before that, Thomas worked at Carolina West Wireless with titles such as RF Engineering Manager, System Performance Engineer, and Network Systems Engineer. Thomas also has experience as a Project Engineer at Tigra USA, Inc. Thomas graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology/Technician in 1996.
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Blue Ridge Energy
Blue Ridge Energy encompasses the electric cooperative (Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp) and our wholly-owned propane and fuels subsidiary (Blue Ridge Energies, LLC). Coming together as an integrated company in 2016 under the market name of Blue Ridge Energy, we are a comprehensive, innovative energy solutions source for our members and consumers. The parent company remains a member-owned electric cooperative serving some 74,000 member accounts in northwest North Carolina and we are affiliated with Touchstone Energy. Our propane and fuels subsidiary serves over 20,000 residential and commercial customers from Catawba County, NC, to Independence, Va. With headquarters in Lenoir, Blue Ridge Energy has showrooms, service and operations offices for electric, propane and fuels consumers located in Lenoir, Boone, West Jefferson, and Sparta, NC. Offices serving propane and fuels consumers are also located in Morganton, NC, and Independence, Va. A second subsidiary, RidgeLink, LLC, is a business-to-business company offering dark fiber to national companies needing middle mile and long-haul capacity for data, voice and video services.