Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
Backup Generation
DERMS: Distributed Energy Resource Management System
Electric Vehicles & Chargers
Solar
Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
We offer members a natural gas CHP solution for those with both power and thermal energy requirements. CHP plants recover otherwise wasted thermal energy from power generation and repurposes it for heating. Members are best served to install CHP as part of a new construction project or in replacing aging boilers.
We can help take members’ CHP project from concept to completion with design, procurement, installation and maintenance services. Financing and leasing options are available.
Seven States recently worked with White Harvest Energy to complete a feasibility study for a member considering CHP for a wastewater treatment. Study results are favorable, and the member is currently developing a detailed business plan with budgetary considerations.
For more information about CHP solutions, contact Clint Wilson at cwilson@tvppa.com.
Backup Generation
In partnership with Stowers Machinery Corporation, We offer members special pricing on a variety of Caterpillar backup-generation products. The suite of environmentally compliant Caterpillar offerings includes emergency backup generation that can also serve as a prime power solution for load management.
Our expert team can help evaluate members’ power product needs and design a backup generation solution based on their site conditions, load characteristics, and required performance. Our team meets members at their point of need through a suite of on-demand project management services, including financing, procurement, installation and maintenance.
In 2019, Seven States has procured two 1 MW generators and one 423 KW generator for a member power company for backup on its three service centers and is working with another member to lease up to six generators.
For more information about backup generation solutions, contact Clint Wilson at cwilson@tvppa.com.
DERMS: Distributed Energy Resource Management System
Through a partnership with OATI and EPB of Chattanooga, Seven we offer members a specially priced distributed-energy-resources-management system (DERMS) for load management, load forecasting, and control of backup generators and smart devices like thermostats and water heaters. The software-based solution includes both aggregated loads delivered to TVA as well as power-company specific load management programs to balance peak demands.
DERMS software is affordably priced, which means a member of any size can develop a cost-savings program using the technology. Upfront configuration expenses can be financed and incorporated into a monthly subscription rate.
Seven members have signed a Letter of Intent to add the service to their portfolio of technology solutions.
For more information about DERMS, contact Brad Rains at brains@tvppa.com.
Electric Vehicles & Chargers
We partner with multiple electric vehicle (EV) charging manufacturers to offer specially priced charging solutions that help our members serve their consumers. We offer Level 2 chargers for residential, small commercial and fleet management as well as DC fast charging solutions for those travelers looking to get back on the road quickly. Our partners include ChargePoint, SemaConnect, OATI, and Clipper Creek. Additionally, Seven States has joined the Drive TN Electric effort to install Level 2 and DC fast chargers along the interstate and highway network in Tennessee.
Our project management team offers procurement, installation and commissioning services for EV chargers. Financing and leasing options are available.
Through our partnership with Nissan, we have established a special pricing program for LEAF fleet cars.
Eight Seven States members have EV projects in various stages of deployment. The installations include both Level 2 and DC fast chargers with a combination of purchased and leased deployments.
For more information about our EV chargers and our preferred pricing plan for EVs, contact Brad Rains at brains@tvppa.com.
Solar
We offer members a customized approach to commercial and community solar projects. Our project managers leverage experience and expertise to help members realize their vision. Our team can guide members through size and land requirement decisions, provider selection, installation management, and connection to the distribution and/or transmission systems. For members who do not have the internal management resources to realize their solar vision, we offer turnkey services to design, develop and deploy solar projects.
Financing and leasing options are also available.
For more information about solar solutions, contact Steve Noe at snoe@tvppa.com.
