NES misses out on smart grid stimulus

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 28, 2009 at 9:03 am

Tom Wood has the details on which three Tennessee cities will get a share of President Obama’s plan to upgrade the country’s electrical grid.

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Tags: energy, government stimulus, infrastructure, Nashville Electric Service  

NES accused of discrimination

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 11, 2009 at 7:11 am

Kyle Swenson writes about NES workers’ claims of a “systematic practices and pattern of racial discrimation.” In addition to damages, the suit wants Metro to set up a task force for equality and fairness.

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Tags: discrimination, litigation, Metro government, Nashville Electric Service, racial discrimination, utilities  

NES awards food supply contract

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 9, 2009 at 6:27 am

U-Kno Catering, a company being grown under the umbrella of the Nashville Business Incubation Center, has been awarded a three-year contract to provide food services to 200 Nashville Electric Service employees each day. The deal is worth $250,000 to owner Brenda Odom and her team.

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Tags: food business, government contracts, Nashville Business Incubation Center, Nashville Electric Service, U-Kno Inc.  

New Yazoo beer is green

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on June 12, 2009 at 12:18 pm

Popular hometown brewery Yazoo has launched a summer ale brewed entirely with clean energy generated by the Green Power Switch program run by TVA and NES. The beer’s first tapping will take place Saturday at the Sounds’ game with the Memphis Redbirds.

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Tags: alcohol, alternative energy, Nashville Electric Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, Yazoo Brewing Co.  

NES appoints new chair and vice chair

By Kleinheider Posted on January 28, 2009 at 12:08 pm

From a presser:

Nashville, Tenn. – Professional Realtor and author Richard Courtney has been appointed Chairman of the Nashville Electric Service Power Board. Courtney has served on the NES board since August 2007. He is replacing newly elected state comptroller Justin P. Wilson.

A professional realtor in Nashville for 30 years, Courtney is principal broker of the Music Row office of Fridrich & Clark Realty. He is the author of a successful real estate book, Buyers are Liars & Sellers are Too!, and a contributing writer for Donald Trump’s The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received. He is also the real estate columnist for the Tennessean and a contributing writer for the Nashville Business Journal, the City Paper and a wide range of industry and professional publications.

Courtney has served on the boards of the national, state and local Realtor associations, and he was 2007 president of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors.

As an active member of the Nashville community, Courtney serves on the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity, is a member of Leadership Nashville Leadership Music Partnership, and is co-chair of the Realtor Advisory Committee of Schermerhorn Symphony Hall. He also volunteers for Room in The Inn.

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Tags: Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC, Nashville Electric Service, utilities