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Electric, Public Works directors at Lunch with League on Tuesday

Posted at 6:35 pm February 2, 2015
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Jack Suggs

Jack Suggs

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As we go about daily life in Oak Ridge, we don’t ordinarily think about where wastewater goes or where the electricity we use comes from. When the monthly utility bill arrives from the City of Oak Ridge, the cost of electricity, water, and sewer may surprise us and make us wonder about the cost and changes in rates.

Gary Cinder, director of Oak Ridge Public Works, and Jack Suggs, Oak Ridge Electric Department director, will be the guest speakers at Lunch with the League on Tuesday, February 3, and they will provide insights into their departments’ activities and responsibilities. The program will be held at noon Tuesday in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church’s new location at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, electric grid, electric rates, electricity, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Green Power Community, Gary Cinder, Jack Suggs, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Lunch with the League, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge Public Works, sanitary sewer overflows, sewer, Tennessee Valley Authority Platinum Community, wastewater, water

Clinton High dedicates ‘net zero’ classroom

Posted at 1:40 pm May 1, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Students, teachers, and school administrators gathered to dedicate a new, so-called “net zero” classroom on the campus of Clinton High School on Tuesday.

The 1,150-square-foot building is powered by solar panels and is independent of the electric grid. The classroom, believed to be the first of its kind in the state, was funded by the school system as well as grants from Tennessee Valley Authority and Oak Ridge National Laboratory as well as other sponsors. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: alternative energy, classroom, Clinton High School, electric grid, geothermal, net zero, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, solar, solar panels, Tennessee Valley Authority, wind

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