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May 9, 2024

Tennessee

TVA
SACE Urges FERC Inquiry into Proposed TVA Gas Plant
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy advised FERC that TVA’s justification of a new gas plant construction is faulty, urging FERC to make its own assessment.
TVA
Nonprofits Urge TVA to Reconsider Gas-fired Options
Clean energy orgs, nonprofits and social justice groups called on the TVA to reconsider its plan to build a natural gas plant to replace its largest coal plant.
MLGW
Inflation Dampens Possible Memphis Exit from TVA
Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s hopes to leave the Tennessee Valley Authority for MISO could be dashed on high inflation and interest rates.
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
TVA Board Nominees Back Renewable Power, Affordability
Biden-appointed nominees to the TVA board stressed affordable rates and a robust renewable portfolio for the federal utility at their confirmation hearings.
Rich LaSalle / TVA
TVA Defends Rates, CO2 Reduction Plans in House Inquiry
TVA stands behind its emissions goals, renewable plans and rates after questioning from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.
TVA
TVA Comes Under Congressional Spotlight
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is questioning the Tennessee Valley Authority over its rates and clean energy goals.
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Tennessee Grand Jury Seeks Federal Action on TVA Coal Ash Cleanup
A grand jury rejected indictments over TVA’s cleanup of its 2008 coal ash spill but called for a federal probe into claims the utility exposed workers to harm.
SACE
SACE Reports Record Year for EVs in Southeast
In a second annual progress report, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy said 2020 was a watershed year for electric vehicle growth in the Southeastern U.S.
TVA
Green Groups Pressure TVA on Open Meetings, Decarbonization
Environmental groups say TVA is blocking them from meaningful participation at quarterly board meetings as they call for brisker decarbonization plans.
TVA May Retire All Coal by 2035
TVA CEO Jeff Lyash hinted during the Atlantic Council’s Innovation and the Future of Energy webinar that the federal utility could cease coal use by 2035.

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