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Tennessee is the third-largest hydroelectric power-producing state east of the Rocky Mountains. [68] Tennessee has very little petroleum and natural gas reserves, but is home to one oil refinery, in Memphis. [68] Bituminous coal is mined in small quantities in the Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains. [69]
Penny Schwinn (born 1982) is an American educator and former Commissioner of Education for the U.S. state of Tennessee.She was appointed by Governor Bill Lee on January 17, 2019, [1] and was sworn in on February 1, 2019. [2]
Tennessee is home to the first nuclear power reactor in the U.S. to begin operation in the 21st century, which is at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Rhea County. [328] Tennessee was also an early leader in hydroelectric power, [329] and today is the third-largest hydroelectric power-producing state east of the Rocky Mountains. [330]
$20,718.23 – Allen Borden, deputy commissioner at the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. $19,888.02 – Chassen Haynes, senior director of business development at ECD.
As lawmakers consider vacating the Tennessee State University board, questions about why continue to swirl.
Bies took office on December 7, 2001, as a full term member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, term to end January 31, 2012. She submitted her resignation from the board on February 9, 2007, and left the Fed effective March 30, 2007. A Federal Reserve Press Notice stated she planned to spend more time with her family.
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.
Content in libraries found to go against “contemporary community standards” would be eligible to receive petitions from residents in the same district demanding immediate removal of the ...