Four Broad River Four Broad River Electric lineworkers are helping Blue Ridge Electric restore parts of their system impacted by Hurricane Irma.
(Pictured left to right) Lineman apprentice Garen Murray, lineman apprentice Luke Robbins, groundman Daniel Sams, and crew foreman Lee Yarborough left early Wednesday morning to assist the neighboring cooperative, which had 9,354 members without power as of 8:30 a.m. Broad River Electric also released some its contract crews to support Blue Ridge Electric.
Blue Ridge Electric serves 64,200 homes and business in Greenville, Pickens, Oconee, and Anderson Counties.