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Memphis schools discover significant energy savings and earn big rewards
View moreIt had all the makings of a school pep rally gearing up to cheer their team to victory. A DJ blasted music through speakers while taking to the mic to excite the crowd of teachers, students and city leaders in the school parking lot. The music occasionally faded to let the elementary and high school […]
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Alabama school district makes the grade in sustainability
View moreSally Scales does not shy away from hard work. She maintains nearly straight A’s while juggling several after-school activities. Her drive is not surprising since her motto is, “Be all in or get out. There is no in-between.” As she starts her freshman year at Sheffield High School, she is starting to think about her […]
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Small Tennessee town invigorated with energy-efficient upgrades to empower sustainable growth
View moreThis blog was updated on August 9, 2023 to reflect the program’s new name: Small Business Uplift. In collaboration with local power companies and community partners, Small Business Uplift (formerly known as Community Centered Growth) from TVA EnergyRight® helps business owners with free energy-related upgrades and resources. The Industrial Age in America put downtowns on […]
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Nashville eateries enjoy the sweet taste of energy efficiency
View moreThis blog was updated on August 9, 2023 to reflect the program’s new name: Small Business Uplift. In collaboration with local power companies and community partners, Small Business Uplift (formerly known as Community Centered Growth) from TVA EnergyRight® helps business owners with free energy-related upgrades and resources. It’s hard to tell if the delicious smells […]
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Tennessee teachers and students can ‘sense’ the health benefits of an energy efficient school
View moreJust over 450 students and teachers pour into the Pickett County K-8 gym for an all-school assembly. Their voices echo off the concrete walls. Many don’t notice the large overhead gym lights, except for a few students – and principal Julia Barber has always been concerned for them. “The old lights in the gym, the […]
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TVA EnergyRight cooks up energy savings for Alabama restaurant
View moreThis blog was updated on August 9, 2023 to reflect the program’s new name: Small Business Uplift. In collaboration with local power companies and community partners, Small Business Uplift (formerly known as Community Centered Growth) from TVA EnergyRight® helps business owners with free energy-related upgrades and resources. Standing in a line 20 people long for […]
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Bledsoe County Schools transform their energy training into cool savings
View moreBrian Turner is up before the sun rises over the Sequatchie Valley in Middle Tennessee. His family is still sleeping as he drives through the thick morning fog to his father-in-law’s farm to help corral about 40 cattle for a morning weigh-in. He also sets out the feed and cuts some additional hay. “Nothing you […]
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Small Business Uplift helps the heart of Sheffield find its rhythm
View moreThis blog was updated on August 9, 2023 to reflect the program’s new name: Small Business Uplift. In collaboration with local power companies and community partners, Small Business Uplift (formerly known as Community Centered Growth) from TVA EnergyRight® helps business owners with free energy-related upgrades and resources. The downtown square in Sheffield, Alabama is an […]
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Metro Nashville Public Schools harness the power of Demand Response to meet savings goal
View moreThe amount of energy needed to power an entire school district can be hard to fathom, but it’s Bruce Rasnick’s job to make sure every student, teacher and staff member gets the electricity they need to power the computers in the classroom, ovens in the cafeteria and the field lights for a Friday night game. […]
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Alvin C. York Institute makes the grade, saving over $40,000 in TVA EnergyRight School Uplift pilot program
View moreAlvin C. York Institute is one of the many rural schools that dot the Tennessee Valley, tucked in the Upper Cumberland of Jamestown, Tennessee. Its students are affectionately known as the “boys and girls of the mountain.” Derwin Wright has spent decades at this school as a teacher, coach and now as an assistant principal. […]
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Safety top of mind as businesses reopen in The Valley
View moreA vegan restaurant nestled in the heart of East Nashville is slowly coming back to life after the one-two punch of the March 3 EF3 tornado followed quickly by the shutdown due to COVID-19.