Green Power Switch Program Expands
April 22, 2003
Green Power Switch®, a renewable energy program offered by TVA and local power distributors, is now available to customers of 12 additional local power companies in east Tennessee and north Georgia.
With the expansion, a total of 61 local power companies are offering the renewable energy option to consumers of TVA power. The program was developed by TVA, distributors of TVA power and environmental stakeholders.
“The Green Power Switch program continues to grow and receive support from consumers in the Tennessee Valley, and now even more Tennessee Valley consumers will have a choice in the electricity they buy,” says TVA program manager, Gary Harris.
The program expansion makes renewable energy available to more than 300,000 customers served by Alcoa Electric Department, Athens Utility Board, the City of Maryville Electric Department, Cleveland Utilities, Harriman Utility Board, LaFollette Utilities Board, Plateau Electric Cooperative, Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative, Sweetwater Utilities Board, and the Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation in Tennessee, along with Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation and North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation in Georgia.
More than 6,300 residential customers and about 318 business customers are currently purchasing more than 20,700 blocks of green power.
TVA provides green power from 15 solar sites throughout the TVA service area, one wind park in east Tennessee, and a methane gas facility at the Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis.
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 that can buy blocks based on the amount of energy they use.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power producer and is completely self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
Media Contact:
Kim Glassman, Nashville (615-232-6616) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
