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171 mentions for outlet: Chattanooga Times Free Press
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The Tennessee Valley Authority board, with new members appointed by President Trump, voted to remove diversity, equity and inclusion and renewable energy from the utility's strategic goals. The article reports on this policy shift by the…
Op-ed by Walden Mayor Lee Davis critiques TVA's recent executive compensation and spending decisions, arguing the agency has drifted from its public mission of affordable, reliable power. The piece names SACE and the Tennessee Utility Consumer…
The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed an agreement with energy developer Entra1 to build up to 6,000 megawatts of small modular nuclear reactors in TVA's service region and sell the electricity to the federal utility. The…
An opinion piece by Ben Sessoms critiques President Trump's anti-DEI initiatives and their impact on the Tennessee Valley Authority, specifically referencing Trump's firing of TVA board member Beth Geer in June 2025 after her tenure marked…
The Tennessee Valley Authority took both reactors at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in Soddy-Daisy offline on June 24, 2025, to address malfunctions, according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports. The outage occurred hours before TVA asked…
Article reports on President Trump's firing of three Biden-appointed members from the TVA board in his second term, prompting reactions from Tennessee Valley leaders. The piece discusses the significance of these personnel changes for the region's…
The Tennessee Valley Authority generated more electricity from natural gas plants than nuclear plants in the past quarter due to ongoing unplanned outages at its nuclear facilities. An unplanned generator failure at Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant…
“We simply can't afford more nuclear power”
The article reports on TVA's adjustment of home energy efficiency rebates, specifically mentioning a heat pump water heater rebate program managed by EPB and TVA. The piece focuses on a Chattanooga resident's experience with the rebate…
TVA President and CEO Jeff Lyash announced his retirement from the nation's largest public power company, effective no later than September 30, 2025, after nearly six years of leadership. The article reports on this executive transition…
“TVA has lost touch with its core service mission. We welcome renewed congressional oversight of this unregulated federal monopoly catering to the elite at the expense of the masses.”
“To me, it is devastating and makes no sense that TVA and the incumbent utility entities are opposing this sustainability cooperative which plans to come in and provide clean, renewable energy, storage and a microgrid that actually supports lowering the energy costs for industry in the Jackson area”
A WalletHub study finds that homes in the Tennessee Valley, including Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia, rank among the worst in the nation for residential energy efficiency despite TVA's lower electricity rates. Forest Bradley-Wright, energy efficiency director…
“This is just so broad it's virtually meaningless”
“We believe that TVA's long-range power plans should reflect the administration's goals of bringing our country forward in addressing the climate crisis, but at this point I don't think TVA is doing that. TVA does not have a coherent plan to getting to net or zero carbon and the planning ... has not been as thorough or transparent as we think is needed.”
