Press Mention Utility Dive January 18, 2024
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FERC approves gas pipeline needed for TVA plan to shutter 2.5-GW coal-fired power plant
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FERC approved a 32-mile natural gas pipeline project that will supply fuel to a planned 1,450-MW combined-cycle gas plant intended to replace one unit of TVA's 2,470-MW Cumberland coal-fired power plant by 2026. Maggie Shober, research director at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, criticized FERC's decision, arguing that the environmental analysis significantly downplays climate impacts by comparing the new gas plant's emissions to the retirement of both coal units rather than just the one it replaces.
The TVA's environmental impact statement on its planned gas-fired power plant, which FERC relied on heavily in its environmental analysis, significantly downplays how new gas infrastructure affects climate change
Maggie Shober
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