![]() Records obtained by Channel 2 Action News reveal the Blue Ridge board reprimanded the EMC's current general manager, Matthew Akins, in April. "I think they should admit that if they didn't know about all this as it happened, that they're just telling us that they have not been good public servants," Short said. He says the board clearly dropped the ball. Bob Short worked for several governors and for Zell Miller when he was a U.S. Phillips and Jenkins are both running for election to the EMC board, hoping to change an organization that allowed its own chairman to run up a huge unpaid bill. ![]() "They give you so many days and they turn your power off, and that's it," Jenkins said. Both Phillips and Jenkins know what happens when you don't pay your Blue Ridge bill. "People are just saying how disgusted they are with the way our EMC has operated," said Charles Jenkins, a former state legislator. That's all you ever hear everywhere you go," radio show host Steven Phillips said. Word moved very quickly through places like Blairsville and Hiawassee. And the chairman's link to the company was clearly noted on the bill. So people were shocked when we broke the story about longtime Blue Ridge chairman Terry Taylor, whose company ran up an unpaid bill of nearly $50,000. Many struggle to pay their power bills and know they'll probably be cut off if they don't. ![]() Blue Ridge Mountain EMC serves tens of thousands of customers in north Georgia. The current general manager of Blue Ridge EMC was reprimanded and a report by an outside lawyer now reveals that the special treatment for the Blue Ridge chairman had gone on for years. ![]() Internal documents obtained by Belcher reveal the board was briefed on the long overdue bills in April. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher discovered EMC officials knew about it for years. The bad feelings have built since Channel 2 Action News broke the story that the longtime chairman of the board had run up a nearly $50,000 unpaid power bill. By making these efforts we will help our communities to grow and prosper and we will be instrumental both in maintaining and improving the quality of life for all of our member-customers.ATLANTA - Thousands of people in two north Georgia counties are fuming about a scandal inside their local electric power co-op. We do this because Blue Ridge Mountain EMC is interested in the creation of jobs and investment in the community. One of the many services that we provide is economic development assistance to businesses and industries through responsible development of our existing industries, recruitment of new industries, and in working with the various agency partners at the local level within our service area. While not always easy to do so, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC has maintained some of the lowest utility rates in the Southeast while upholding some of the highest quality standards for an electric utility. Blue Ridge Mountain EMC was initially created in 1937 to provide dependable electric service at a reasonable price within the five counties of its Western North Carolina and North Georgia service area. ![]()
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