BrightRidge to pass on recovery credit funds, upgrade internet for free - WJHL-TV News Channel 11

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Some BrightRidge powerfulness customers tin expect a flimsy discount for 2 months adjacent twelvemonth aft the inferior company’s committee voted to walk connected millions successful funds fixed to them by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

According to a merchandise from the company, a $2.6 cardinal TVA Pandemic Recovery Credit volition beryllium distributed to residential and tiny commercialized customers done measure alleviation successful February and July 2023. In the release, BrightRidge officials said the mean lawsuit volition spot a $12-$20 recognition added onto their bill.

“We are arrogant arsenic the region’s largest nationalist powerfulness supplier to person pushed arsenic hard arsenic imaginable to assistance our customers successful recovery,” BrightRidge CEO Jeff Dykes said successful the release. “Whether supporting section tiny businesses, helping our astir susceptible customers trim their location vigor usage, supporting customers who request assistance paying their inferior bills, oregon betterment credits and deposit refunds, determination is nary different concern that has travel adjacent to the providing the enactment that BrightRidge has provided.”

A full of $5.4 cardinal has been passed connected to customers since 2020 acknowledgment to betterment grants, BrightRidge said.

In different vote, BrightRidge committee members elected to statesman the process of a escaped net upgrade for each broadband customers. As a effect of the upgrade, 200Mb residential customers volition person 300 Mb work and 500Mb customers volition person 600Mb service.

“BrightRidge Broadband has built genuinely adjacent procreation Internet unrivaled successful the country,” Dykes said. “And our customers person responded, with BrightRidge Broadband accelerated approaching 10,000 customers. In grant of that success, we are pleased to connection customers a escaped work upgrade opening successful December.”