News & Events

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. – The City of Springfield gathered with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Seven States Power Corporation on Thursday, April 25, for the grand opening of a new electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station located at City Hall, 405 North Main Street. Mayor Ann Williams opened the ceremony by expressing gratitude to the collaborative efforts of all project partners. Key figures including Springfield Electric Director Terry Resha, TDEC Deputy Director of

The month of March, 2024, was a very busy one for us here at Seven States Power Corporation. We were pleased to be part of the deployment of 8 brand-new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the State of Tennessee. These installations take another important step toward advancing the work Seven States and our partners are doing to see the Fast Charge Network expand to include EV fast chargers every 50 miles across the Valley. These chargers are being built thanks

Chattanooga, TN – April 17, 2024 In March 2024, Seven States Power Corporation said farewell to Steve Noe, who retired after serving as Vice President of Sustainability and Energy Resilience since 2018. During his time with Seven States, he was at the forefront of multiple innovative projects across the Tennessee Valley, including Project Liftoff, in which we collaborated with Huntsville Utilities and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center to combine solar generation with EV charging and battery storage in a first-of-its-kind

Chattanooga, TN – April 18, 2024 Seven States Power Corporation has recently partnered with the University of Tennessee, in both their Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses, for a study on the real-world impact of electric vehicle charging on the power grid. While the data is new and still being analyzed, the current findings show that EV drivers who are using Tennessee Valley charging stations come from across the entire United States, and not just from the local population. This has already had

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee – March 06, 2024 – Seven States Power Corporation has further enhanced its ability to engage and serve LPCs in the Tennessee Valley by adding a new staff member. Stacey Painter has joined Seven States as an Accounting Specialist. Seven States continues to expand its staff size and has cemented its role as a trusted technology provider and innovation partner for its member-owners: the 153 local power companies in the Tennessee Valley. “Our growing team is focused on delivering

As part of Seven States’ continuing role in building the energy system of the future, we have identified battery energy storage as a critical technology for ensuring a resilient grid – today, tomorrow, and in the future. As part of our ongoing efforts to deploy 300MW of battery energy storage, Seven States Power Corporation submitted a concept paper under the DOE GRIP Grant opportunity. The concept consisted of partnering with 20+ local power companies (LPCs) to install multiple battery storage units

To keep up with increasing demand for its products and services, Seven States has welcomed industry expert James Trott to its team while announcing a Valley-wide search for another new role: Vice President of Grid Resilience & Operations. Trott joins Seven States from Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (“DREMC”), an electric cooperative based in Shelbyville, TN, where he most recently served as IT Telecommunications Administrator. As Seven States’ Technology Project Manager, a new role announced late last year, Trott will provide

Betsey Kirk McCall, Seven States’ President & CEO, recently attended the 2023 NRECA CEO Close-Up event in Phoenix, AZ, where she shared her experience as a leader of a cooperative that is building the Tennessee Valley’s grid of the future. This annual event is the premier conference for America’s electric cooperatives that attracts more than 800 co-op CEOs, GMs, and industry experts to share ideas and best practices. McCall spoke at a breakout session titled “Cooperatives Navigating Electric Avenue: Understanding New

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee – January 2, 2024 – Today, Seven States Power Corporation has welcomed James Trott, an information technology specialist with over a decade of IT experience, to its growing team of Valley-based technology experts. Trott will serve as Technology Project Manager, a new role announced late last year to provide additional technical and project management support for the cooperative organization’s expanding portfolio of products and services. Trott joins Seven States from Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (“DREMC”), an electric cooperative

Great news for Tennessee Valley LPCs: The U.S. DOE Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) is providing rebates for the replacement of qualified energy inefficient transformers with qualified energy efficient transformers and for expenditures made by qualified entities for the purchase or installation of a qualified extended product system. The Energy Efficient Transformer Rebate Program aims to help qualified entities such as domestic manufacturers, utilities, hospitals, schools, and other operators replace qualified energy inefficient distribution transformers with qualified energy