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Phipps Bend's $350 million BESS project hampered by transformer manufacture delays
A $350 million Battery Electricity Storage System (BESS) proposed at the Phipps Bend Industrial Park may be delayed by a five-year lead time on purchasing large transformers. Hawkins County Industrial Development Board Chairman Larry Elkins told the IDB last week that he’d been notified by Tenaska Inc. of a nationwide problem with large transformer lead time, which is running not months but years. “The lead time on a 500kV transformer...
Rogersville BMA gives final approval to budget with 35-cent property tax hike
The Rogersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the second and final reading of the 2024-25 budget last week with a 35-cent property tax increase as well as a 4% water rate increase and a 1.5% sewer rate increase. No one spoke during the required public hearing on the budget, which was held during a special called meeting Friday at 1 p.m. Following the public hearing, the BMA voted 5-0...
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