TVA is a monopoly. A board is supposed to curb that power. Is it?
“TVA is a monopoly utility that operates essentially unregulated. The level of transparency on who is making what decision and when is appalling.”
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$12 million in EPA rebates for clean school buses in Tennessee
“In the United States, transportation and electricity generation are the leading sources of both unhealthy air and also pollutants that cause climate change”
Map: Which States Are Attracting Clean Energy Investments and Jobs?
“The Inflation Reduction Act has been wildly successful in our region”
Elon Musk’s 150-megawatt request—Will the TVA board approve the billionaire’s electricity demands?
“The problem is that Elon Musk is asking for this to be done at an extraordinarily rapid rate with very little commitment to citizens and community engagement.”
TVA offers over $500M in additional incentives to quell talk of Memphis utility departure
TVA announced over $500 million in additional incentives to convince Memphis Light, Gas and Water to maintain its current contract rather than pursue independence. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash countered MLGW's May Integrated Resource Plan, arguing it…
Solar in the Southeast: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Issues Seventh Edition
“...that promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to ensure clean, safe, and healthy community throughout the southeast.”
Widespread power outages block Helene recovery
“There is no power, water, or cell service, and it will likely remain that way for some time. Critical infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed”
Tennessee leads Southeast for EV charger increase rate, study says
“Tennessee is looking really good in terms of its ability to be a major player in this transition to electric transportation”
Transportation Electrification in the Southeast: Fifth Annual Report/October 2024
SACE released its fifth annual Transportation Electrification report for October 2024, prepared by Atlas Public Policy with contributions from SACE staff Stan Cross and Dory Larsen. The report documents EV manufacturing, sales, and policy trends across…
TVA 2020 v. 2030: Why the nation’s largest public utility is not getting cleaner
“TVA keeps talking a good game about making commitments to renewables, but they actually aren't following through on it with any passion and any real speed”
TVA faces pressure to increase transparency and renewable energy as Cheatham County plant advances
“TVA is clearly a laggard when it comes to renewable energy. Florida Power & Light has deployed more solar in a quarter than TVA has in their whole history.”
Due diligence: Questions surround Musk’s XAI plans
“The negatives could very well turn into positives”
Tennessee Valley Authority receives pushback on 5.25% Oct. 1 rate increase
“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.”
Groups challenge TVA’s draft resource plan that commits to only 3 GW solar
“TVA, with its bias against renewables, did not model solar-plus-storage as a cost-effective dispatchable resource, and proposed future resource portfolios rich in fossil gas that bet on unproven technologies like burning hydrogen and carbon capture”
Florida set to eclipse North Carolina in installed solar capacity – report
According to SACE's fourth annual 'Solar in the Southeast' report, Florida is expected to surpass North Carolina in installed solar capacity in 2021, with total Southeast solar capacity projected to more than double from 12,696 MW…