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Press Mention The Chattanooga Times July 14, 1997

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Focus on TVA's future

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Dr. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, argues that TVA faces a financial crisis requiring proactive regional oversight rather than avoidance. He advocates for an independent regional commission to study TVA's future and prepare the agency for coming electric deregulation, warning that focusing only on nonpower programs leaves citizens without voice in how TVA's power program will adapt to a deregulated market.

If we want to save TVA, the people of the valley need to be involved in charting its future course. The regional commission is the only plan out there that gives us that opportunity.

Stephen A. Smith

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