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Stock dip cuts TVA cleanup funding
“These nuclear plants are located on the banks of the river that supplies the drinking water to millions of people. TVA needs to have the resources available to clean these plants up if and when they have to be shut down.”
Nuclear foes hit effort to restart TVA reactor
“There is not an energy shortage in our region as in California, but there is an efficiency shortage”
TVA projects $15 billion surplus, eyes restart of oldest nuclear unit
“We are awash in energy in the Southeast”
TVA plans for nuke waste storage ripped
“It's just one of the consequences of choosing nuclear power as an option, that you will have nuclear waste piling up on the banks of the Tennessee River”
Smoky Mountains park on endangered list
“I think TVA is moving aggressively on nitrogen oxide reductions. We don't think they're doing enough on sulfur, which are the fine particles that cause the regional haze.”
$1.7 billion bill to restart reactor
“This reactor had a poor performance record in the past and there are a lot better alternatives for our energy needs than continuing to generate more deadly radioactive wastes. I'm afraid that the staff of TVA has a definite bias toward building more nuclear power and is directing the board down a dangerous path for ratepayers.”
TVA votes to restart Browns Ferry unit
“There is nobody who is restarting old nuclear reactors that are of 1960s vintage and haven't started in 17 years”
TVA electric rate hikes a cram-down, says city
Cookeville city officials and regional consumer groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, oppose TVA's proposed rate structure that increases residential rates by 7-7.5% while reducing rates for large manufacturers by 2%. The City Council…
GUEST COLUMN: Energy efficiency first option
Op-ed by independent energy consultant James R. Powell arguing that energy efficiency is the quickest and least costly path to meeting Tennessee's future electricity demand while addressing climate change. Powell cites studies showing efficiency programs could…
Eastman touts 'clean coal' technology, but TVA isn't buying
“TVA will need to build new coal plants eventually, coal gasification is an environmentally superior process and TVA should be "getting on that learning curve" now”
TVA considers expanding wind farm
“TVA has been a leader in the region with wind power. With this expansion, TVA continues to demonstrate that wind technologies are both feasible and desirable for the Southeast”
TVA sees fund shortfall
“I don't think anybody gets any credit with 'I told you so,' but we were critical of so much of this seven years ago, and now they are wondering why they have a shortfall.”
Watchdog group hits TVA on nuclear plant fire safety
“This should be a red flag for everybody. That shows a cultural breakdown at the plant relative to redundancy and safety.”
Lawmaker says proposed energy rules 'unfair' to South (response LTE)
“My organization estimates that we can easily quadruple this figure, and we should: Doing so could mean thousands of jobs and economic development for Alabama's hard-hit rural areas.”