Springfield Department of Electricity Offers Green Power Switch
Oct. 1, 2003SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. — The Springfield Department of Electricity has become the 65th distributor to join TVA’s Green Power Switch® renewable energy program, giving Springfield’s more than 7,000 customers the option to purchase green power.
“Springfield’s customers now have the option to buy renewable energy and make an investment in the environment for future generations,” said Springfield Electric Utility Director, Robert Gardner.
TVA generates green power from 15 solar sites throughout the TVA service area, one wind park in east Tennessee, and methane gas at the Memphis Wastewater Treatment Facility. Local power companies then offer it to their residential, business and industrial customers.
“More than 7,100 residential customers and 355 business customers are purchasing about 22,600 blocks of green power throughout the Tennessee Valley,” said Gary Harris, TVA’s Green Power Switch Program Manager. “Now Springfield’s customers will have a choice in the electricity they buy.”
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 may buy as many blocks as they like with each block adding $4 to the customer’s monthly power bills. Business and industrial customers buy blocks based on the amount of energy they use. Read more about Green Power Switch.
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:
Kim Glassman, Nashville (615-232-6616) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
