Tennessee Volunteer Emission Reduction Strategy
The Tennessee Volunteer Emission Reduction Strategy (TVERS) is an emission reduction plan currently being developed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) with support from various partners. This plan is funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program, which was established in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). Through this program, funding is being provided to states, local governments, air pollution control agencies, tribes, and territories to develop and implement plans for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other harmful air pollutants. Tennessee accepted allocated funding to participate in this federally funded initiative, with TDEC as the state grant recipient. As part of this program, TDEC is working closely with the three municipalities in Tennessee who also received funding: Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville.
Priority Climate Action Plan
TDEC submitted the first deliverable under the CPRG program, a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), to EPA in March 2024.
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