The Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council is a membership-driven organization. As a value to our members, we highlight their efforts and impact on the state’s advanced energy economy. Today, we highlight TAEBC Member Chris Jones, President and CEO of Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE).

Why are you a part of TAEBC?

Advanced Energy’s impact on high-quality jobs and overall economic development is critically important to our region and aligns well with MTE’s mission.

What value does TAEBC provide to your organization?

Working closely with other organizations concerned about Tennessee’s Advanced Energy initiatives brings voices on this topic from various industries and sectors. This collaboration and open communication helps build a more unified perspective to these complex energy initiatives.

A Recent Win:

MTE was an early adopter of grid-scale energy storage. Leveraging experience from our early project, we are in a position to grow our energy storage portfolio and will be adding 30 MW of storage at various distribution substations. As a part of these projects, we will also be testing grid-forming technologies, incorporating additional learnings from a microgrid project that was completed a few years ago. MTE will continue to focus on investing to advance our grid’s reliability and resiliency capabilities.