One of our goals here at Blue Ridge is to put YOU in charge of your power bill. We offer convenient ways for you to monitor your energy use and see how much and when you are using electricity at your home or business. With the Blue Ridge mobile app and the member portal, located on blueridge.coop, you have access to daily, monthly and yearly usage information in easy-to-read graphs.

Let's look at he mobile app first. Once you download the Blue Ridge App and secure a log-in, there are several options, one of which is usage graphs. This option enables you to view daily and even hourly data graphically. Historical data is also available and can be viewed for six months, a year, or you can enter a custom date range.

There are also other options that can be selected so you can view the average temperature, the high temp, low temp and more for the selected date range. Hourly usage, temperature, humidity and wind speeds are additional information included in usage data. While this may sound overwhelming, take a few minutes, and play with the app. You may discover some ways to cut back on the usage in your home.

Your next option is the Blue Ridge member portal found on the Blue Ridge website. Again, you will need to go to the My Account option, choose any option and create a log-in for your account. Once established, you have access to your account(s) and can pay your bill, view payment history, report an outage, apply for new service, or request a disconnect.

By selecting usage history under My Account, you will see daily usage for a given time, as well as the high and low temps for each day. Clicking on any bar in the graph will tell you the high and low temperature for that day as well as you kWh Usage and your demand or KW for that day. If you want to compare two days, or a date range, simply click "compare data" and you will have the option to enter a date range.

Our goal is to equip you, our members, with the best tools to help you monitor your usage and control your power bill. We are always available to answer your questions, but the Blue Ridge mobile app and the Blue Ridge ember protal are convenient tools available to you 24 hours a day.