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Bells was established in the late 1820s on land acquired by brothers John and William Bell. When a city was founded on this land in 1855, it was given the name "Bells Depot." The city was incorporated in 1868, and the "Depot" was dropped from the name in 1880. [6] Bells was the home of the now-defunct West Tennessee Okra Festival. The festival ...
The Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) was established on July 1, 1996, following the shutdown of the Tennessee Public Service Commission. When established, the TRA was headed by three directors, with the governor , lieutenant governor , and speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives each appointing one director.
67 cities use a mayor-aldermanic charter under Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) §6-1-101 et seq. Hendersonville is the largest city using this type of charter. 49 cities use a uniform city manager-commission charter under TCA §6-18-101 et seq. Brentwood is the largest city operating with a uniform manager-commission charter.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the primary utility in Tennessee which generates electricity and sells it to hundreds of local utilities and industrial customers. [2] Like most of the US, the sources used to generate power in Tennessee have changed substantially in the last decade.
In April 1948, public administration expert Luther Gulick delivered the keynote address for the ninth annual convention of the Tennessee Municipal League (TML).In this speech, Gulick discussed the need for Tennessee to establish "a local government technical advisory service," within either the Department of Finance and Taxation or the state university.
Coal-fired power plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority Name Units Capacity (MWe) Location Year of commission Cumberland: 2 2,470 Cumberland City, Tennessee: 1973 Gallatin: 4 967 Gallatin, Tennessee: 1956 Kingston: 9 1,398 Kingston, Tennessee: 1954 Shawnee: 9 1,206 West Paducah, Kentucky: 1953
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Bell Buckle is located in northeastern Bedford County at (35.590749, -86.354047 Tennessee State Routes 82 and 269 cross at the town's center. TN 82 leads east 8 miles (13 km) to Beechgrove and Interstate 24, and west 5 miles (8 km) to U.S. Route 231 at a point 7 miles (11 km) north of Shelbyville, the county seat.