TVA 2020 v. 2030: Why the nation’s largest public utility is not getting cleaner
“TVA keeps talking a good game about making commitments to renewables, but they actually aren't following through on it with any passion and any real speed”
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“TVA keeps talking a good game about making commitments to renewables, but they actually aren't following through on it with any passion and any real speed”
“The Tennessee Valley Authority has the least amount of solar per person among big utilities in the Southeast”
During an Arctic blast in December 2022, TVA's reliance on natural gas generation backfired when gas plants froze, forcing rolling blackouts affecting hundreds of thousands of customers. The article examines TVA's strategy of building more gas…
“The entire process has been slow walked, in part, because there is a struggle to get bipartisan support for the TVA nominees”
“I know when the alternative is rolling blackouts that the utility needs to use every lever it has, but it also comes off as completely disingenuous when TVA leadership has completely rolled back energy efficiency and distributed solar programs that would make our grid more resilient for exactly these times.”