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1,515 mentions for region: Tennessee
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“We have known TVA is interested in pursuing an SMR for a while. This latest announcement is just a distraction from the fact that TVA is lagging behind on proven clean energy solutions like energy efficiency and renewables. A key point is that SMR technology is unproven from both the technology and financial standpoints, yet TVA has throttled back on proven, cost-effective technologies like solar.”
“It is hardly surprising then that residential customers in Tennessee consumed nearly 25% more electricity per month in 2020 than the national average — second highest in the country.”
Stan Cross, SACE staff member, reports on Southeast electric vehicle market growth, with regional EV sales up 49% in 2021 compared to 3% national auto sales growth. The article highlights SACE and Atlas Public Policy's updated…
A New Republic investigation examines Jeff Lyash's $9.9 million compensation as CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federally owned utility serving over 10 million people. The article criticizes Lyash's fossil fuel background at Duke Energy…
“They are the regulator of TVA. They're the ultimate decision makers on the direction of TVA's strategy.”
“Duke has not engaged or presented to stakeholders what kind of transmission planning that would include and how Duke plans to get that going before 2030”
“We're beginning to see best practices and case studies emerge from other places in the country that we can begin to deploy here in the Southeast”
“TVA is behind the Southeast, and the Southeast is behind the rest of the country.”
A new coalition called Clean Up TVA Coalition (CUTC) launched to push the Tennessee Valley Authority toward a fossil-fuel-free future by 2030, rather than TVA's stated 2050 target. The coalition, which includes SACE, the Memphis NAACP,…
“The unfortunate circumstance in both Nashville Electric Service and Memphis Light Gas and Water is that they have both imposed a surcharge on solar customers”
A new study by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy finds that TVA spends less than 10% of the U.S. average on energy efficiency programs, contributing to higher electricity consumption and energy burdens in the Tennessee…
“Are you going to be part of the solution, or are you going to be part of the problem?”
“You get a double whammy when you clean up electricity sources through renewables”
The Clean Up TVA Coalition, comprising at least 13 environmental organizations across the Southeast, launched a campaign demanding that the Tennessee Valley Authority accelerate its transition to clean energy and achieve 100% renewable power by 2030.…
A Guardian investigative comic examines TVA's plan to transport 3.5 million cubic yards of coal ash from its Allen plant through South Memphis neighborhoods to the South Shelby landfill, threatening the Memphis Sand Aquifer that supplies…
