Green Power Switch® Program Expands in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky
July 2, 2002
Green Power Switch is now available to customers of 11 additional local power companies in middle Tennessee and one in Kentucky.
Under the expansion, renewable energy is available to more than 425,000 customers served by Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Cookeville Electric Department, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation, Duck River Electric Membership Corporation, Franklin (Kentucky) Electric Plant Board, Lawrenceburg Utility Systems, McMinnville Electric System, Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, Murfreesboro Electric Department, Pulaski Electric System, and Tullahoma Utilities Board.
A total of 46 local power companies are offering the renewable energy option to consumers of TVA power across the Tennessee Valley region. Additional sources of renewable power made it possible to expand the program, which was developed by TVA, distributors of TVA power and environmental stakeholders.
“TVA and the distributors of TVA power are proud to offer consumers in the Tennessee Valley a choice in the electricity they buy,” said TVA Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr. “A reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible supply of energy is essential to our ability to support and enhance the quality of life we enjoy.”
TVA provides green power from 12 solar sites throughout the TVA service area, one wind park in east Tennessee, a landfill gas facility in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and a methane gas facility at Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis. More than 5,600 residential customers and about 258 business customers are purchasing more than 16,800 blocks of green power.
Green Power Switch is sold to residential consumers in 150-kilowatt-hour blocks (about 12 percent of a typical household’s monthly energy use). Consumers can buy as many blocks as they like, with each block adding $4 to the customer’s monthly power bills. Green Power Switch is also available to business and industrial customers, who can buy blocks based on the amount of energy they use.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power producer, and its power system is self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
Media Contact:
Michelle Chang, Knoxville (865-632-8108) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
