Citizens groups criticize TVA’s decision to build a 1.5 GW gas plant

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TVA announced plans to build a 1.5 GW fossil gas plant at the Kingston coal plant site in eastern Tennessee, rejecting alternatives of solar and battery storage despite 15 GW of such projects in its interconnection queue. Multiple citizen groups, including SACE, SELC, and CBD, criticized the decision as economically and environmentally reckless, with SACE having previously called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to evaluate clean energy alternatives. The EPA raised substantial concerns about the environmental impact statement, including underestimation of climate impacts and failure to reasonably consider clean energy alternatives.