Green Power Switch® Wins TVA Environmental Excellence
Award
Dec. 22, 2003
Green Power Switch, the first and largest renewable
energy program in the Southeast, has won a TVA Environmental Excellence
Award for its continued success in gaining partnerships and public involvement.
More than 7,000 residents and 350 businesses in the Tennessee Valley
are currently
purchasing green power. Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers is the largest
commercial customer purchasing renewable energy and has committed to purchase
Green Power Switch for all of its stores in the Valley.
Green Power Switch, which was developed in April 2000,
has earned two top-10 national rankings from the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory two years in
a row. Several local and national environmental groups helped with the initial
design of the program, and continue to serve on the steering team that reviews
and makes recommendations to TVA.
The program was also honored with a 2002 Federal Energy
and Water Management Award from the Department of Energy and the Federal
Interagency Energy Policy
Committee for outstanding contributions to expanding renewable energy.
Members of the Green Power Switch team are Carmen Copeland,
Angela Hamlin, and Program Manager Gary Harris of Nashville and Rick
Carson, Rita Livezey, Ron
Purkey, and Tom Swanson of Chattanooga.
“Green Power Switch continues to grow thanks
to the support of distributors of TVA power and the increasing number
of residents and businesses choosing
to buy electricity generated from renewable sources,” said TVA
Environmental Executive Kate Jackson. “This innovative program
allows consumers to make a long-lasting contribution to help preserve
and enhance the quality of life
in the region.”
TVA Environmental Excellence Awards are presented annually
to a TVA individual, team, site, facility, or organization that has demonstrated
exemplary
environmental performance in support of one of TVA’s six environmental
principles. Those principles are: management commitment; environmental
protection and stewardship;
environmental compliance; pollution prevention; partnerships/public involvement;
and innovation and technology.
All award winners received certificates, and Harris received
a frame print depicting the Valley environment.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider
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. TVA also manages
the Tennessee River and its tributaries to provide multiple benefits,
including flood control, navigation, water quality and recreation.
Media Contact:
Michelle Chang, Knoxville (865-632-8108), or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville
(865-632-6000)
TVA Newsroom
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