Local mother testifies EPA's proposed new rules unethical
“Vickie and Stephanie are the exact reasons why the Bush administration should not roll back important provisions of the Clean Air Act”
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Group charges foul on TVA over contract
“The award, combined with TVA's refusal to provide any factual basis for its decision, raises the question of whether TVA's ratepayers are protected against contractor takeover even after the reforms of the 1986 conflict-of-interest scandal”
Experts take aim at TVA's problems
TVA Chairman Marvin Runyon outlines the agency's major problems including $17.9 billion in debt, damaged public image from closed nuclear plants, and high nuclear contractor costs. The article discusses Runyon's restructuring efforts and potential cuts to…
Lawmakers laud plan to tighten TVA
“I think it would be very difficult to keep the rates down, primarily because of the bind that the clear program has TVA in”
Feds asked to probe fire at TVA nuke plant
“it would be less expensive to build a new coal-fired steam plant than to operate Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3”
Report: TVA reactors inefficient
“I think it underscores what we've been saying about Browns Ferry 1 and 3”
Report: TVA reactors inefficient
“I think it underscores what we've been saying about Browns Ferry 1 and 3”
Energy group blasts TVA plan
“The 'one-public-hearing' policy will insure that the TVA board will not hear as many groups, as many individuals, as many opinions”
Energy group blasts TVA plan
“The 'one-public-hearing' policy will insure that the TVA board will not hear as many groups, as many individuals, as many opinions”
Group urges TVA to think about junking nuke program
“It seems all the efforts of the past year and a half have made very little headway. It's time to consider an alternative to what we have now.”
TVEC serves as TVA watchdog
“They felt that a collective voice would be best. People always say there's nothing they can do. There's a general apathy, not just in this area, but in the whole country. But when people come together, they have more self-confidence. We generated support for an 18,000-signature petition to protest the proposed rate increase.”
TVA spends 'blindly' - consumer groups
Consumer groups Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition and Critical Mass Energy Project released a joint report criticizing TVA for spending hundreds of millions on nuclear plant repairs without conducting economic feasibility studies. TVEC president Greg Mackay argued…
TVA spends 'blindly' - consumer groups
Consumer groups Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition and another organization, citing a Critical Mass Energy Project report, charge that TVA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on nuclear plant repairs without conducting economic feasibility studies. TVEC…