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“There is a significant amount of carbon-free energy that is being generated by existing nuclear reactors and it is not an easy decision to just flip the switch off on all the existing reactors. But we need to be looking at moving away from the nuclear technology in the longer term and we are certainly not fans of SMRs (small modular reactors) which remain unproven at this point.”
“Attempting to limit a local power company's ability to provide reliable service and have access to more affordable and cleaner energy sources is unfortunately typical of TVA leadership's heavy-handed, anti-competitive behavior”
“TVA is unique in the power industry in that environmental stewardship and economic development are codified in the agency's founding mission. It is imperative that the largest public power utility operate with accountability and transparency, stop funding anti-environment and anti-green jobs work, and invest in clean energy that will support the health of the Valley and the people who depend on it.”
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced a 35% pay raise for CEO Jeff Lyash, boosting his total compensation to nearly $9.9 million for fiscal year 2021, making him the highest-paid federal employee in the United States. The…
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced plans to begin shutting down the Kingston coal plant within five years, with three units retiring as early as 2026 and the remaining six by 2033. TVA proposes replacing the coal…
“TVA in the past used its policies to help incentivize this market and I know first hand because I participated in those early programs. Now TVA has dropped the price they pay (to customers for distributed solar power) so low that they have effectively killed the market to a large extent in the state of Tennessee. This is an example of how a utility uses some of the best policy mechanisms and then goes all the way to using some of the worst policy mechanisms and you see the results.”
“As TVA's regulator, the TVA board is a key tool for President Biden to get TVA on track with prioritizing energy efficiency, removing fabricated barriers to distributed clean energy, and aligning resources plans with climate science”
“The president should be able to appoint board members who are going to carry out his objective of decarbonizing the utility industry”
