You can buy Green Power
Switch® in 150-kilowatt-hour blocks.
Each block you sign up to purchase will add $4 to your monthly
power bill, and you can buy just one block or as many as you like.
Commercial customers who wish to purchase blocks have minimum purchase
requirements; contact Customer Service at 760-6512 for details.
The green power you
pay for will be added to TVA's electric system as part of the Valley's
total power mix, so that you're always assured of reliable supply
of power.
Making the switch makes
a difference, so sign up today and make a positive impact on tomorrow.
Call Florence Utilities for details, or visit the web at www.greenpowerswitch.com.
Florence
Water Treatment Facility is the site of a solar photovoltaic (PV)
system that began producing electricity for Green Power Switch
on August 29, 2002. The solar array has 216 PV modules that are
mounted on a canopy structure located in the parking lot. The array
can produce about 53,480 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year,
enough to supply three or four typical Tennessee Valley homes.
The energy
generated at the site goes into the electric system of the City
of Florence Utilities, then to the TVA power grid. The City of
Florence Utilities, Muscle Shoals Electric Board, Sheffield Utilities,
and Tuscumbia Electric Department are the local distributors in
the area that currently offer Green Power Switch to their customers.
As the
Green Power Switch program grows, TVA plans to install additional
solar PV systems. Check the Green Power Switch Web page frequently
for information on new solar sites.
Site location: Florence, AL
Distributor: City of Florence Utilities
Solar
energy received (average): 3.1 kWh/m2/day
Electrical energy generated (daily total): 56 kWh
Peak generating capacity: 30 kWac (alternating current)
One kilowatt-hour
(kWh) equals the amount of electricity needed to burn a 100-watt
lightbulb for 10 hours.
The graph
below represents the amount of electrical power generated at the
Florence Utilities site on December 9, 2002. To view or download
the raw data used to create this graph, click here.
