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19 mentions for outlet: The Chattanooga Times
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An editorial arguing that TVA should voluntarily commit to cleaning up its air pollution emissions, particularly sulfur dioxide, ahead of utility deregulation. The piece cites the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition and other environmental groups calling…
This editorial criticizes TVA's continued operation of aging, heavily polluting coal-fired power plants that exploit a grandfather clause in the 1990 Clean Air Act. Citing a Tennessee Valley Reform Coalition report, the piece documents that TVA's…
Environmental groups, including the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, are urging TVA to reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plants and close a legal loophole that exempts older plants from stricter Clean Air Act regulations. The…
An editorial discussing TVA's funding crisis for non-power programs and the threat of federal budget cuts. The Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC) proposes isolating TVA's hydro power revenues and creating a Tennessee River Watershed Council…
“This is long overdue and I think there could be a lot of interest among customers interested in promoting more use of renewable resources”
“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.”
“The reality is that Watts Bar actually has performed quite well in its first year”
The article discusses competing proposals in Congress to reshape TVA's mission and budget as the agency faces political pressure to reduce or eliminate federal funding for nonpower programs. TVA Chairman Craven Crowell proposed ending taxpayer support…
“Because TVA has no public utilities commission or state legislative body to answer to, customers and competitors alike are in the dark relative to important information necessary for planning”
“I'm afraid the debt is the weight around the neck of TVA that is going to prevent it from being competitive”
“It's important that the mission of TVA be looked at broadly and by all of those affected by its decisions”
“The residential customer who may end up having to foot the bill for TVA's mistakes has no one looking out for them”
“One of the criticisms we heard over and over was TVA is not specific enough”
Article about Watts Bar nuclear facility's anniversary, published in The Chattanooga Times. The piece references the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC, the historical name of SACE) through its masthead listing as a member organization. The…
Environmental activists, including Earth First! members, staged a protest at the TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant in Chattanooga to mark the facility's 23rd birthday while still under construction. The plant, which began permitting in 1972,…
