Region
1,515 mentions for region: Tennessee
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“Americans should embrace electric vehicles to free ourselves from petrol dictators, enhance national security, reduce fuel costs for consumers, address the climate crisis, and put an end to hazardous offshore drilling”
“It is legitimate”
“chided TVA for trading one fossil fuel for another and for failing to take enough steps to meet President Joe Biden's call for a carbon-free utility industry by 2035”
“We continue to think that these long-term power agreements are a bad deal for local power companies and their customers. With these agreements, the local power companies are giving away their power and leverage to TVA at a time when much of the industry is moving away from central station generation to more distributed generation.”
The Memphis City Council voted 8-5 against approving a $520,000 contract with GDS Associates to run the bidding process for Shelby County's future electricity supply, a critical step if Memphis is to leave TVA. The vote,…
Congressman Steve Cohen defends his calls to Memphis City Councilors opposing a $520,000 GDS Associates contract for MLGW electricity supply bidding and transmission line analysis. Cohen claims he acted in constituents' interests to save money, though…
“Knoxville, Tenn.-based Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which champions energy choices that strengthen communities, calls North Carolina "the undisputed leader in solar-energy development and deployment in the Southeast."”
Memphis and MLGW remain deadlocked on whether to leave TVA after the city council blocked the utility's chosen bidding firm in October 2020. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash signals confidence that the delay benefits TVA by allowing…
The Memphis City Council has approved a plan to solicit energy proposals that could potentially replace the Tennessee Valley Authority as the city's power provider. The move could cost TVA its largest customer and over $1…
President Biden nominates four new directors to the Tennessee Valley Authority board, aiming to diversify the 9-member panel and add supporters of green energy policy. The announcement comes as Biden prepares to host a climate summit…
“TVA is a "Sunblocker" (vs. a SunRiser) who has been promoting "misleading claims, the actual plan for solar in the Tennessee Valley significantly trails the other comparably-sized utility systems in the region."”
“Electric vehicles are much cleaner and they're actually better. They drive better and provide benefits for customers. They also create jobs for our state. So, the notion that somehow or another solving for the climate crisis leads to a lack or jobs or lack of innovation is 180 degrees incorrect.”
“States in the Southeast continue to have some of the highest electricity bills in the country. An unacceptable combination of low incomes, a general lack of investment in energy efficiency, the prevalence of the need for electricity to provide both heating and cooling, and monopolistic utilities that are insulated from customer pressure have led states in the region to consistently appear among the worst in terms of energy burden (energy costs as a portion of household income).”
This op-ed argues that Texas's catastrophic winter blackouts resulted not from renewable energy failure but from deregulated electricity markets that prioritize profit over reliability. The author critiques environmentally conscious groups like SACE for supporting deregulation and…
The article profiles two BIPOC-led coalitions—Partnership for Southern Equity in Atlanta and Front and Centered in Seattle—that are democratizing climate and energy justice work through coalition-building and community leadership development. SACE is mentioned as an example…
