Press Mention Chattanooga Times Free Press November 13, 2020
SACE Quoted
Tennessee solar farm to power Google data centers through TVA Green Invest program
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TVA announced two 100-megawatt solar farms being built in Tennessee to supply renewable energy for Google data centers and Vanderbilt University through its Green Invest program. The article highlights TVA's growing embrace of customer-chosen renewable power sources, noting that Green Invest has generated $1.4 billion in economic activity over two years. Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy criticized TVA for cutting solar incentive rates, which he said killed the market in Tennessee, and cited SACE's earlier study labeling TVA a "solar blocker."
TVA last year cut the price it pays customers who generate solar power below the retail rate "which absolutely killed the market in Tennessee."
Stephen A. Smith
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