AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER (aep)
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American Electric Power (AEP) won the inaugural Pollinator Electric Power Award in 2020 for its work studying the substitution of native vegetation for traditional grasses to establish prairie habitat on typical transmission line corridors. The project included the development of native seed mixes meant to attract pollinators and reduce vegetation management costs.
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bonneville power administration (BPA)
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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The Walt Disney Company took home the 2022 award for the pollinator-friendly habitat introduced at two of the company's solar power plants in Florida. The power plants, including one shaped like Mickey Mouse located near Disney World's EPCOT, are a key part of the company's goal to produce or purchase enough carbon-free electricity to power all direct operations by 2030. The solar plants also provided enough land for 160-plus acres of pollinator habitat and 10 acres of research meadow full of native grasses and forbs, including Birdsfoot Trefoil, Blackeyed Susans, and Purple Lovegrass.
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Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) earned the 2023 award for its collaborative project in Portland, Oregon's 5,200-acre Forest Park, the largest urban park in America. The project established 67 acres of pollinator habitat along BPA's transmission system corridor through the park. The project involved planting 250 pounds of native wildflower and grass seed mixes in 2018 and adding about 6,000 native shrubs like the Red-flowering currant and Willow in early 2019.
Bonneville Power Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the most recent award winner in 2024 for its work introducing pollinator habitat to land around the Douglas Dam Reservation along the French Broad River. The project was launched in 2016 and driven by a desire to improve views of the dam and river, which were obstructed by overgrown vegetation. Following a phased approach, the project has since added native vegetation such as Purple Coneflowers, Butterfly milkweed, and switchgrass to about 69 acres at the site.
Tennessee Valley Authority
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