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85 mentions for outlet: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
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Editorial arguing for stricter air-quality standards at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, citing an Abt Associates study showing that reducing haze could boost tourism by 25 percent and generate $296 million in regional sales. The piece…
TVA reports it has successfully forecast summer electricity demand and is prepared to meet regional power needs through Labor Day using improved plant reliability, new gas turbines, and potential power purchases. The federal utility has not…
An editorial in the Knoxville News-Sentinel warns of worsening air pollution in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which issued its first ozone advisory on March 8, 2000—the earliest date in park history. The piece advocates for…
“Renewable (green) power is actually cheaper than electricity from fossil-fueled plants”
“Green power shouldn't be a casualty of KUB-TVA disagreements”
“I like the idea of breaking the white stranglehold white men have had on the board since 1933. I think diversity is appropriate.”
“Everything I've learned about the project so far raises a lot of concerns for me”
A poll by the Tennessee Clean Air Task Force finds that two-thirds of Tennesseans view air pollution as serious and over half are willing to pay higher utility bills to address it. The task force, which…
“it does raise some big questions about the future of the agency”
“absolutely the right thing to do”
“We are enjoying low rates because we are using old dirty power plants”
“This is one of their biggest ever commitments that TVA has made to cleaning the environment”
“Nowhere else can an electric utility board unilaterally raise rates without review and approval of an independent regulatory body”
Congressional hearings are held on TVA's nonpower program funding, with representatives from the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC) scheduled to participate. Jan Jones of the Tennessee River Valley Association proposes a significant change to funding…
“What is TVA's real mission? I don't think it's to be out there trying to beat the private power companies — the Enrons and Dukes and Southern Companies.”
