Environmental groups push to implement guidelines
“We're concerned TVA is not moving aggressively enough with sulfur dioxide emission reductions”
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Five factors that will impact Southeast solar financing in 2020
An analysis of five key factors shaping Southeast solar financing in 2020, including the maturation of the solar industry, new market entrants, and corporate/regulatory developments. The article references Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's solar capacity projections…
TVA considers no electric rate hike in 2003
The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering extending its electric rate freeze to a fifth consecutive year while managing debt reduction and investing in nuclear reactor restart and pollution controls. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern…
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.”
Southeast US adds 427 MW of distributed solar in 2019, as advocates press for more
“This program would double the amount of community solar in the U.S. over the next two years, and would enable low-income customers to participate”
TVA praises plan to relax air pollution rules
“There has always been a loophole and they have just made it much bigger”
Electricity addiction may prove to be costly
“The industrial customers have people looking out for them to make sure their rates stay low. But my biggest fear is that the residential payer will be victimized in all this.”
High Ozone Levels Reported in Smokies
“We are about six weeks ahead of last year's pace as far as ozone. We've just had this smoggy mess hanging over us.”
Cleaner Smokies would boost tourism
“It is a logical assumption that it would be affecting our economies. Now we can actually quantify it.”
Cleaner air could boost Smoky Mountain economy, study says
A study commissioned by environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, finds that cleaner air could boost tourism around Great Smoky Mountains National Park by up to $300 million. The report examines how pollution…
TVA should comply, not appeal
An editorial arguing that TVA should comply with EPA clean-air enforcement orders rather than appeal them, and should phase out its oldest, dirtiest coal-fired power plants. The piece criticizes TVA's strategy of calling major plant reconstructions…
TVA works to cut pollutants while meeting power needs
“TVA has made some voluntary commitments that are impressive and commendable, but no, it's not enough”
Alexander won't back energy bill air amendment
“What it would do is preserve the state of Tennessee's ability to choose the clean air laws that are going to be best for them”