Astronaut Dr. Don Thomas speaks about his four trips to space at the Seven States Power 2020 Annual Meeting
Project Liftoff Ribbon Cutting Oct. 1, 2020
Seven States Power member and board representative Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) and Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Chris Hansen join the ranks of Facebook, Google, Volkswagen and a host of local power companies as Solar Champions according to Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association (TenneSEIA). Both KUB and TVA, who are in good company with past recipients for their transformative work, were selected by TenneSEIA for the 2020 annual award which recognizes individuals or entities that demonstrate leadership in support of solar energy
Seven States Power, Huntsville Utilities Break Ground on Solar Project at U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Seven States Power Corp., with partners the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and Huntsville Utilities, broke ground on Thursday, August 27, for Project Liftoff. This new power supply flexibility project took months of planning and coordination between the three organizations. The first project of its kind in the Tennessee Valley, Project Liftoff will integrate solar power, battery storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging with an educational exhibit for visitors.
The installation, located in the parking lot of the Davidson Center
The 2020 Tennessee Valley Corridor’s Annual National Summit is being held virtually this year as a series of five free sessions. The Virtual Summit Series promotes initiatives to advance the TVC’s mission and to encourage on-going collaboration in energy, science, environment, space, national security and education. Seven States Power was honored to sponsor the July 30th session entitled “Public Power Fueling Economic Growth in the Tennessee Valley Corridor”.
The 90-minute webinar featured an introduction by Seven States Power’s Executive VP Betsey
On July 22, Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech, or TTU) unveiled a new Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) station that will serve a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project started in 2019, as well as the greater Cookeville area. The unit was installed in a TTU parking lot along a busy corridor in Cookeville and will be the primary refueling site for an all-electric E450 shuttle bus that is part of the same DOE project. Lead project infrastructure partner Seven States Power
Months in the making, one of the Tennessee Valley’s first power supply flexibility project under TVA’s Long-Term Partnership Agreement launched earlier this month on a site adjacent to the Saturn V rocket on Huntsville, Ala.-based U. S. Space & Rocket Center’s campus. The project, dubbed Project Liftoff by partners Huntsville Utilities, the space center and Seven States Power, will integrate solar, battery storage, EV chargers and an educational exhibit for visitors.
“This project integrates three technologies that will be used by
More than two years ago, the Seven States Power board of directors charted a new course, one where our energy services company would help members meet demand for renewable solutions. Now, as local power companies usher in a new era of distribution-level power supply flexibility through TVA’s Long-Term Partnership Agreement, we are uniquely positioned to help them achieve their goals.
“Time and again, the old adage that “when we work together everyone achieves more,” has proven true for the 154 local
Battery storage. It isn’t typically something to get powered up about, but as the Seven States Power team recently discovered, there are some exceptions.
Our team recently received three 13.5 kwh batteries from EPB in Chattanooga for use in our Smart Grid Lab and installed one on each phase of electrical service at our headquarters.
“Most energy storage providers are focused on large grid-scale batteries or small residential batteries. We’re interested in understanding energy storage for our many small and medium
Seven States Power Corporation returns as a support partner sponsor for the 2020 Tennessee Valley Solar Conference hosted by TenneSEIA (Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association).
The conference will be held on Wednesday October 7, 2020 in Franklin, Tenn. at the Embassy Suites, Nashville at Cool Springs. Seven States executive vice president of market strategy and corporate operations Betsey Kirk McCall will participate on the event’s flexibility panel.
Seven States members who attend the event will receive 25% off the conference fee.
Seven States Power Corporation will be able to provide an even higher level of service to its members thanks to the formation of a subsidiary, Seven States Energy, LLC. The subsidiary will provide us flexibility to leverage tax incentives and provide other resources that aid in the economic viability of member-owned – and Seven States enabled – distributed generation and renewable technology projects across the Tennessee Valley.
“We timed the creation of our LLC subsidiary to align with the ‘flexibility’ offerings
