NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Energy efficiency initiatives by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and local power distributors reduced electric power consumption by 559 gigawatt-hours in fiscal year 2011 — a 270 percent improvement in power savings over last year — according to TVA.
TVA’s energy efficiency programs have reduced the region’s electricity use by 765 gigawatt-hours over [...] [...]
The 85,000-square-foot warehouse/office complex wholesaler Irby Electric expects to open in six months will be much more than a building to store and distribute the tens of thousands of electrical equipment pieces and parts the company keeps on hand.
The $5-million building will showcase the energy efficient and environmentally sustainable products the 85-year-old Jackson company distributes [...] [...]
BRANDON — Johnson Construction has been awarded a contract by the State of Mississippi to oversee energy upgrades to various state-owned facilities throughout Mississippi.
Terms were not disclosed.
Through funding received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Mississippi will be making various improvements to state-owned facilities in an effort to better monitor energy consumption and further [...] [...]
JACKSON — SmartSynch Inc. has been selected by Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), the largest three-service public utility in the nation, as the solutions provider for its three-year Smart Grid Demonstration Project launched earlier this year.
SmartSynch will provide approximately 1,000 participating households with SmartSynch SmartMeters that will automatically read and record hourly information about [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) has awarded 90 grants to public entities under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the EECBG program funds energy efficiency improvements to smaller cities and counties that did not receive direct allocations from the [...] [...]
JACKSON — SmartSynch Inc. has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Central Service Association (CSA), a member-owned utility consortium comprised of 130 members across a nine state region that includes the entire Tennessee Valley Authority service area.
Formed in 1937, CSA is owned and controlled by the utilities that rely on its products and services to [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) recently awarded 30 grants during the second – and final – round of the Mississippi Job Protection through Energy Economic Development Program.
Part of the State Energy Program (SEP) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the Job Protection Program allocated $5.31 million to [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager has announced the selection of eight recipients for grants to implement renewable energy and energy-efficiency measures in Mississippi.
Funds are being provided through the Rural Energy for America (REAP) grant program, a 2008 Farm Bill initiative.
In all, USDA announced $213,800 in grants to [...] [...]
JACKSON — Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP) has selected SmartSynch Inc.’s Residential SmartMeter for 231,000 unit point-to-point deployment to residential customers throughout the utility’s Texas market.
Terms were not disclosed.
This marks the first mass residential deployment of smart metering solutions that use a public wireless network as the communications backbone, according to SmartSynch.
TNMP’s decision was propelled by [...] [...]
JACKSON — Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman Brandon Presley (D-Nettleton) announced that the PSC has been awarded a $99,000 grant to assist in developing energy efficiency standards for public utilities.
The grant was awarded by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Out of 14 states competing for the grant, Mississippi PSC’s proposal won first [...] [...]
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