“Only in an Orwellian world of misinformation do we see our nation's largest 'public' power utility pass a massive rate increase while providing the public the least amount of information compared to 'private' utilities. It's highly unusual for a utility the size of TVA to issue a rate increase with zero independent review. This is a broken process, and every ratepayer in the Tennessee Valley is literally paying the price.”
“That was not the base case in that IRP, but it technically falls within the really broad set of possibilities that they included. So there's no way to really tell what they're going to do.”
“TVA is a monopoly utility that's making critical decisions that impact our lives for decades to come. It is important that those decisions are informed by accurate information and the will of the people. This bill clarifies the need for transparency and accountability to the public in TVA's long-term planning process. Since TVA cannot be held accountable through state regulators, this bill addresses this accountability gap and holds TVA responsible for serving the people of the Tennessee Valley rather than their profits.”
“Many studies have looked at how unaffordable energy bills are linked to poverty, and Memphis rises right to the top where energy bills are unaffordable. That 2016 report found a shocking number of people in Memphis, a quarter of the households with low income, were paying 25 percent of their income on energy. That is an astounding amount.”
“Only in an Orwellian world of misinformation do we see our nation's largest "public" power utility pass a massive rate increase while providing the public the least amount of information compared to "private" utilities. It's highly unusual for a utility the size of TVA to issue a rate increase with zero independent review. This is a broken process, and every ratepayer in the Tennessee Valley is literally paying the price.”
“TVA's Draft IRP has a little bit of everything for everybody, but not much specifically for anyone. We are concerned that TVA's institutional bias against renewables is still present by failing to model solar and storage as a cost-effective dispatchable resource, while at the same time building future portfolios rich in fossil gas that bet on unproven technologies like burning hydrogen and carbon capture. This IRP is full of long-term speculation, but short on near-term substance.”
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“Those new gas plants don't just threaten the country's decarbonization goals, they also risk burdening the region's utility customers with massive bill increases to cover the cost of building them”
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“Despite several utility-scale projects from TVA going into service, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi still have a lot of catching up to do. They all fall far short of other Southeast states … Unfortunately, the slow solar growth from TVA and other utilities operating in these states make it difficult to keep pace with the rest of the region.”
“People across the Tennessee Valley will see electric bills increase because their public power utility has spent their hard-earned money on plans that it refuses to release to the public. But what is perhaps most disappointing is the fact that the people of the Tennessee Valley have never known anything different.”
