Blue Ridge Energies Holds Open House to Celebrate New Services for Alleghany County

For Immediate Release 

Contact: Renee R. Whitener, Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Phone: (828) 758-2383, Pager 800-471-1323, or E-mail:  Renee Whitener


SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA (September 20, 2005) – Alleghany County is now home to a new propane provider and showroom featuring gas logs, fireplaces, stoves and heaters as Blue Ridge Energies moves into the area.

Blue Ridge Energies is a wholly-owned heating fuels subsidiary of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation. The company now offers full propane service to residents and businesses in Alleghany County and a showroom in the Alleghany office of Blue Ridge Electric located at 1889 Highway 21 South in Sparta.

The Alleghany office staff of Blue Ridge Electric will provide customer service to Alleghany County Blue Ridge Energies customers while John Blevins, Blue Ridge Energies heating fuels manager, and his staff will provide propane delivery.

Blue Ridge Energies hosted an open house with prize drawings and refreshments on Wednesday, September 14, to celebrate its arrival in Alleghany County and introduce visitors to the new showroom.

The company also hosted a Business after Hours event for the Chamber of Commerce later that evening in honor of the new Blue Ridge Energies services now available in Alleghany County.

Winners of $25 gas cards good at local stations were: Ed Hall of Sparta, Kathy Reeves Miller of Sparta, Cindy Kuehn of Sparta, Candy Harris of Sparta, Brian Finney of Sparta, and Arvill Scott of Lansing.

Blue Ridge Energies also has showrooms in the Blue Ridge Electric district offices in Lenoir, Boone, and West Jefferson. Blue Ridge Energies’ propane services are also available in Catawba and Avery counties.

For more information about Blue Ridge Energies in Alleghany County, call (336) 372-1742 or visit www.BlueRidgeEnergies.com.


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