JCPowerBoard history

In 1956, the general offices and warehouse facilities relocated to 37 Fourth St, which was later 137 Edgemont Ave. (now Martin Luther King Jr.

July 1, 1963: East Tennessee State College officially became known as East Tennessee State University.

In 1965, former BTES Superintendent Earl W. Doggett was named to succeed Olson, who had retired.

“The Alamo” and “Return of the Seven” were showing at the Family Drive-In Theatre on the New Jonesboro Highway on this date in 1967.

Plans for a new Power Service Center at 2470 Volunteer Parkway were announced in July 1968.

In August 1969, revenue bonds totaling $2.7 million were issued by BTES. Major expenditures included the Power Service Center, three new substations (King College, Steele Creek and Airport) and distribution/transmission system improvements related to the new substations.

In 1971, when the Power Service Center Open House was held, 87 employees served approximately 18,000 customers.

3, 1974: Readers of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle learned, “Friday was moving day for the Junior Service League Thrift Shop.

July 1, 1978: Langston High School held a reunion at Freedom Hall Civic Center with 1,200 people attending. (Source: Box Office Manager.)

3, 1980: The Johnson City Press-Chronicle alerted readers, “Motorists traveling through the Roan-Sunset-Browns Mill intersection in northern Johnson City this week will encounter a change.

Since 1982, BTES has reduced electric rates to our customers seven times.

In 1986, an addition was made to the Power Service Center to house the administrative and accounting functions, which were moved from Edgemont Avenue to 2470 Volunteer Parkway.

3, 1996: In a story by Sam Watson in the Johnson City Press readers learned of Rev.

After the major snowstorm in 1998 that cut off electric service to every BTES customer and hampered BTES’ efforts to restore power not only by road conditions but also by lost communications, BTES decided to install a fiber optic communication system that linked the substations to our office.

Sixty years after our inception as an electric company, BTES began providing Internet and cable television services in 2005.

In March 2006, BTES received approval from the Tennessee Regulatory Authority to offer telephone service, and in November 2006, the company began providing telephone service.

In December 2009, Homer D. G’Fellers was re-named President and Chief Executive Officer.

July 1, 2012: As temperatures soared above 100 degrees, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Johnson City Power Board issued requests for customers to reduce electrical use during peak times of the heat wave.

Beginning, January 1, 2013 Jeff Dykes assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer.