We are grateful for all the assistance from Mr. Everyone is eager to enroll more students to provide a workforce in a field that is in such high demand. “The Electrical Line program offered at our campus in Clarkesville typically includes a waiting list of up to nine to twelve months before students are enrolled, so we are very excited to work with Blue Ridge EMC to offer this program on a second campus. “We are very thankful for Blue Ridge Mountain EMC’s partnership and commitment to this program,” said NGTC Vice President for Academic Affairs Mindy Glander. 24.īlue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation Interim Manager Erik Brinke has assisted NGTC with the needs of the program from the inception through implementation by providing materials and equipment for student learning. Students who need financial assistance may also apply for scholarships available from the NGTC Foundation by Nov. The application deadline for the spring semester is Nov. The college is currently accepting applications for students interested in enrolling in January, and the program can be completed in less than eight weeks. Well, North Georgia Technical College has expanded its Electrical Line Program to another campus to allow for more students interested in the program.īeginning in the spring, North Georgia Tech will be offering the program on its Blairsville campus in addition to the current program at their Clarkesville campus. Both Langley and the State Attorney General’s Office say they, too, have not opened a criminal investigation.Have you always wanted to be a lineman for the county? Jeff Langley, the District Attorney for the two counties in question, told Channel 2 Action News the GBI interviewed one person about the billing controversy, but the agency says it has not opened a criminal investigation.
Taylor retired from the board last spring and the board later apologized. The outside attorney hired to investigate the scandal documented that Taylor got special treatment as far back as 2008 and even paid off a $52,000 overdue bill in 2011, only to run up another big bill. "But I want the money back that that fellow has that belongs to us." But it was not legitimate. "If it turns out that, that this was perfectly honest and legitimate, then I have no complaint," Short said. Belcher also never got a response from now -retired EMC Chairman Terry Taylor, despite twice leaving his card at his home. Akins never called Belcher back after he left his business card. Belcher paid a visit to the EMC's new multimillion-dollar headquarters in Hiawassee to see if he could question Akins.
The board was told the account in question had been handled in this manner for quite some period of time under the preceding general manager. 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. ATLANTA - Thousands of people in two north Georgia counties are fuming about a scandal inside their local electric power co-op.
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