Consumer, green groups urging TVA oversight

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Eleven national environmental and consumer groups are backing a Knoxville-based Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC) proposal for a regional oversight commission to study TVA's competitive positioning under impending utility deregulation. TVERC spokesperson Michelle Neal Conlon argues that Tennessee lacks a public forum for utility deregulation issues and that consumers and the environment are vulnerable in a deregulated market. TVA executives oppose the idea, citing concerns about added bureaucracy.