SACE Statement on the Firing of TVA Board Member Michelle Moore

On March 27, President Donald Trump fired Michelle Moore from the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. This comes a week after Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) targeted Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) leadership and proposed a reckless push for small nuclear reactors (SMRs) that could put TVA ratepayers at financial risk. Moore, a clean energy nonprofit leader, was nominated by President Joe Biden in 2021.

Dr. Stephen A. Smith, Executive Director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, said, “We’re disappointed to see President Trump’s hyper-partisan action of removing a sitting TVA board member for no reason. This action further weakens TVA’s leadership and sets into motion actions that could have significant financial impact on TVA ratepayers across the region. As shared in SACE’s statement about the TN senators who are asking TVA to ignore a proper financial review and analysis of unproven technologies, SACE believes that it’s inappropriate for the President or the senators to try to micromanage TVA’s decisions on energy choices across the region.”

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