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171 mentions for outlet: Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Obituary of Z. Cartter Patten III, a retired investment adviser and environmental philanthropist who died at age 82. Patten served on the boards of several environmental organizations including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, American Rivers,…
“This injects more serious financial support into these technologies than any bill that has passed in the United States in relation to no-carbon or low-carbon technologies”
“This absolutely is a game changer from our organization's perspective. This is something we've been working on for 20 years. ... This injects more serious financial support into these technologies than any bill that has passed in the United States in relation to no-carbon or low-carbon technologies.”
EPB's Home Uplift program has provided energy efficiency upgrades to 600 low- and moderate-income households in Chattanooga over seven years, cutting electricity use by an average of 25% and saving participants over $400 annually. The article…
“It's quite frustrating to watch TVA chase after unproven technologies without known costs like SMRs — or still wanting to build more natural gas generation — while they are slow to adopt proven and cost-effective technologies like solar power”
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced it has reached an agreement with a nuclear manufacturer to pursue small modular reactor (SMR) design at the Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, planning to spend the next year preparing…
“TVA is the largest federal public power utility and should be aligned with and leading President (Joe) Biden's executive order to achieve 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030.”
“chided TVA for trading one fossil fuel for another and for failing to take enough steps to meet President Joe Biden's call for a carbon-free utility industry by 2035”
“A study by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy found that TVA does less than most Southern utilities to promote energy efficiency or to incentivize residential solar or wind power generation.”
“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 Tennessee Valley Authority has authorized spending up to $200 million to design, develop, and license small modular reactors on the Clinch River near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This represents the utility's first major nuclear investment in…
The article reports on President Biden's nominations of four new directors to the Tennessee Valley Authority board, which have stalled in Congress. The TVA board is meeting in Kentucky with only five directors present, marking the…
A Democratic-led House Energy and Commerce Committee panel has written to TVA President Jeff Lyash questioning the utility's cutbacks in energy efficiency and renewable incentives, as well as its progress on decarbonization. Despite lower electricity rates…
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced a $2.6 million compensation increase for CEO Jeff Lyash, bringing his total pay to nearly $9.9 million—the highest of any federal employee. The raise came after Lyash met or exceeded all…
Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy protested outside a TVA board meeting in Knoxville, objecting to TVA's suspension of public listening sessions during the pandemic and its plans to build fossil gas power…
