Feds asked to probe fire at TVA nuke plant
“it would be less expensive to build a new coal-fired steam plant than to operate Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3”
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Runyon starts TVA team-building
“If Mr. Runyon does not recognize that TVA's accountability to the ratepayers who pay the vast majority of TVA's bills and whose lives are affected in many ways by TVA's policies, public cynicism about TVA will continue to grow”
Runyon takes oath today, says he's ready to lead TVA
“We feel like Mr. Runyon came out of the confirmation process with a couple of problems with his relationships with people and organizations in the Tennessee Valley. There was a feeling that he was not open to a number of groups to meet and discuss his positions.”
TVA rate increase
“I think we all realize the cost involved in patching up their nuclear foul-up was going to be expensive”
Report urges TVA to track protesters, other groups
“TVA is in desperation … trying to silence its critics.”
TVA is an agency in desperate situation, GAO says
A U.S. General Accounting Office draft report concludes that TVA is in serious financial distress due to massive borrowing for its failed nuclear power program, with $14 billion in debt tied to non-producing nuclear assets. The…
Group Says TVA Misled NRC On Watts Bar Plant Programs
“The documents prove that there is no possible way to bring Watts Bar on-line in nine months and still protect public health and safety”
T.V.A.'s Blighted Nuclear Romance
“If you're digging yourself into a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging.”
TVA praises, environmentalists challenge pollution rule changes
“There has always been a loophole and they have just made it much bigger”
North Carolina Green Pricing Plan Seen as Potential National Model
“That is quite a phenomenal change”
Is TVA's smog fouling our air?
“TVA deserves some credit, but there are still a number of these plants that are not being fully controlled with the best available control technology. Therefore, folks in North Alabama are breathing dirtier air than they have to.”
Area ozone levels take a dip
“It's not a guarantee. The Panhandle remains the most at risk in Florida for ozone problems. And a shift from the past few years of rainy weather to more dry weather could play a significant factor in driving ozone levels up to unsafe levels”
Group says coal plant cheaper than restarting Browns Ferry
“What we have here is a selection process which fails to address a potentially viable alternative to the restart of Browns Ferry.”
Ex-TVA official says Runyon 'took heart' of agency
Former TVA board member David Freeman criticizes TVA Chairman Marvin Runyon for eliminating the agency's research, environmental, and economic development programs in favor of power generation. William Hopkins of the Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition (TVEC), a…
Rivers quits TVA
“We hope his leaving does not mean any further turning away in TVA's role in protecting the environment”