Green Grants Announced For Tennessee

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published August 1, 2014 at 3:30 PM EDT

Twenty-one energy efficiency projects across the state are getting funding this year.

Three years ago, the TVA reached a settlement over alleged Clean Air Act violations at coal-burning power plants in the Southeast. As part of that settlement, Tennessee is getting $26.4 million over five years to help fund clean-air projects.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Tennessee Commissioner of Environment and Conservation Bob Martineau announced the grants yesterday. Each grant was limited to $250,000 each.

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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