High court refuses to review TVA case
“Why should TVA get off the hook if Southern, AEP and other investor-owned utilities are having to meet these new source standards?”
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TVA studies Alabama site for next-generation reactor
“I am so disappointed that TVA is continuing to chase after this elusive dream”
UT students vote to raise fees for green power
University of Tennessee Knoxville students voted to raise their fees by $8 per semester to purchase renewable energy through TVA's Green Power Switch program, potentially making UT-Knoxville the largest customer of the program in the Southeast.…
Reaction to EPA air rules mixed
At a public forum in Chattanooga, business leaders and environmentalists debated EPA changes to New Source Review air-quality regulations. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy opposed the changes, arguing they weaken pollution controls, while industry representatives…
TVA ranks 4th worst in mercury emissions
The Tennessee Valley Authority ranks fourth among U.S. utilities in mercury emissions, emitting over 2,420 pounds into Tennessee's air in 2001, according to a study by U.S. PIRG and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. TVA…
Larger TVA board may lead to increased lobbying efforts
“TVA is more than a power company. They need to make sure that they don't just put business-minded people on the board of an agency that has a larger mission. It would be appropriate for us to require that some segment of that board have actual stewardship credentials.”
Two TVA coal-fired plants among nation's 'dirtiest'
A U.S. Public Interest Research Group study of 2002 EPA data ranked TVA's Cumberland Plant as the nation's largest emitter of nitrogen oxide and Georgia Power's Plant Bowen as the top generator of sulfur dioxide and…
Developer says TVA remains unwilling to consider venture
“TVA should be wary of the Haney offer. He said there is no demand for additional power in the Southeast.”
TVA says no for now to 'clean coal' option
“We need to get something like gasification. We need to retire the dirty old power plants, and then not only would TVA have reliable power from using an abundant resource (coal) that we have here, but they would also be providing leadership to the industry. They would be solving some of the real difficult problems we're dealing with on air pollution.”
For most, TVA's electricity rates go up today
“To gouge the residential customer and the small business customer while reducing the rate for large wealthy industrial customers is grossly unfair”
Alexander won't back energy bill air amendment
“What it would do is preserve the state of Tennessee's ability to choose the clean air laws that are going to be best for them”
TVA wins court battle over EPA coal rules
“The court never got to the fundamental merits of this case, and when they do, they will recognize that TVA has skirted the law for years. The sad thing is that this decision means more delay in cleaning up the air in the Tennessee Valley.”
TVA, EPA await Clean Air court ruling
“We really thought this would have popped out months ago”
Stock dip cuts TVA cleanup funding
“These nuclear plants are located on the banks of the river that supplies the drinking water to millions of people. TVA needs to have the resources available to clean these plants up if and when they have to be shut down.”
TVA repairs 3 plants after multiple failures
“The most dangerous time for these units is when you are bringing the reactors up or bringing them down, and all of these unplanned outages, I think, raise real concerns”