TVA chief unveils plan shifting away from nuke power
“TVA's commitment to energy efficiency in the plan is weak”
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Sun setting on nuclear energy: Authority pulls plug on new reactors
“the future is in a "more cost-effective, renewable energy source."”
TVA ratepayers will suffer, coalition says
“A major debate about TVA's future is happening without oversight or public input. This debate should be happening in a fish bowl for all to see.”
TVA chief: Regional panel 'bad idea'
“Congress does not have the time or expertise to deal with issues as complex as TVA restructuring and deregulation of the power industry”
TVA official awards big contract to ex-associate
“TVA should be competitively bidding contracts because it is the only way to insure that you are getting the best possible price”
TVA focal point of fiery debate
“Because TVA has no public utilities commission or state legislative body to answer to, customers and competitors alike are in the dark relative to important information necessary for planning”
Partisan battle leaves TVA board in lurch
“It's another example of dysfunction in the Senate”
Sludge-Spill Anniversary Stirs Call for Coal-Ash Regulation
On the fourth anniversary of the 2008 Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill near Knoxville, environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Southern Environmental Law Center are calling for stronger coal ash regulation.…
Stacking the decks to pass Clear Skies bill
“We firmly believe that there are (other) options. We think they're not being serious to try to work with us.”
Officials hit TVA pollution record
“This literally may be the most significant environmental case to be heard in the Southeast. It will have effect not only in the across the country.”
TVEC serves as TVA watchdog
“They felt that a collective voice would be best. People always say there's nothing they can do. There's a general apathy, not just in this area, but in the whole country. But when people come together, they have more self-confidence. We generated support for an 18,000-signature petition to protest the proposed rate increase.”
Protesters' bonds set at $1,000
Fifty-two Earth First protesters arrested Monday after blocking the entrance to Watts Bar Nuclear Plant for three hours were ordered to post $1,000 bond each or remain in jail until a July 19 preliminary hearing on…
Watts Bar may face hurdle
An environmental group, the Foundation for Global Sustainability, challenges TVA's readiness to start the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, claiming TVA misrepresented a quality-assurance report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The group obtained an independent consulting report…
Consumer, green groups urging TVA oversight
Eleven national environmental and consumer groups are backing a Knoxville-based Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC) proposal for a regional oversight commission to study TVA's competitive positioning under impending utility deregulation. TVERC spokesperson Michelle Neal Conlon…
Focus on TVA's future
“If we want to save TVA, the people of the valley need to be involved in charting its future course. The regional commission is the only plan out there that gives us that opportunity.”