Open House Held for New Conover
Propane Office


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

Conover, North Carolina (November 16, 2006) –Blue Ridge Energies is celebrating its new customer service office opening at 911 1st Street West, across from K-Mart in Conover this week.
Representatives from the City of Conover and Catawba County Chamber of Commerce helped kick off the opening with a ribbon cutting held Tuesday.

An open house is being conducted through November 17 with the first 75 new qualifying customers eligible to sign up for a special “lock in” price good for the entire winter. Other items and prizes are also being given away.

Blue Ridge Energies has served Catawba County customers with propane for the past five years. Its new retail propane heating products store and customer service office, located at exit 130 off I-40, sells gas logs, inserts, heaters, fireplace mantles and other hearth accessories in addition to providing residential and commercial propane service. Blue Ridge Energies also has a team of certified, experienced technicians to install its heating and hearth products, and has 24-hour customer service.

Blue Ridge Energies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation. In addition to Conover, Blue Ridge Energies also has heating fuels and hearth products offices in Lenoir, Boone, West Jefferson and Sparta. For more information, call Blue Ridge Energies at (828) 267-9944 or visit the web site at www.BlueRidgeEnergies.com.


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