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Press Mention Chattanooga Times Free Press April 4, 2022

SACE Quoted Web article

Senate considers new TVA board nominees as environmentalists push for carbon-free power

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The article covers Senate confirmation hearings for three of President Biden's nominees to the TVA board, including former Al Gore chief of staff Beth Greer and IBEW union leader Robert Klein. Maggie Shober of SACE urges the Senate to confirm the nominees and push TVA toward carbon-free electricity by 2035, as part of the Clean Up TVA Coalition's effort to prevent natural gas plant replacements for retired coal facilities.

As TVA's regulator, the TVA board is a key tool for President Biden to get TVA on track with prioritizing energy efficiency, removing fabricated barriers to distributed clean energy, and aligning resources plans with climate science

Maggie Shober
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