CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Six colleges in the Tennessee Valley Authority region have been picked for a Green Campus Network that will pay student interns to help develop the pilot energy efficiency program.

The campuses in the Tennessee Valley Authority-Alliance to Save Energy partnership are the University of Memphis; Sewanee: The University of the South; Western Kentucky University; Calhoun Community College at Decatur, Ala.; the University of Alabama in Huntsville; and the University of Mississippi.

The Green Campus Network will involve students, faculty, administrators and support staff in cutting energy use on college campuses. It also encourages students to pursue careers in sustainability and increases energy efficiency awareness.

TVA funding will cover the program startup and wages for student interns.

The alliance has had a green campus program in California.