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Environmental and public-health groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, plan to sue the EPA to force release of federal standards for coal-ash disposal. The lawsuit follows the EPA's failure to issue promised regulations after…
One year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the article examines ongoing risks posed by aging GE Mark I reactors and new AP1000 designs planned for the South. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy joined eight other…
Environmental and public health groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed a lawsuit to compel the EPA to regulate coal ash waste following the 2008 Kingston TVA plant disaster. The suit challenges EPA's delay…
“Experts have documented increasing heat waves because of a warming climate caused by burning fossil fuels, and they project the warming will continue”
“The very large exposure to losses for U.S. taxpayers should the Vogtle project go awry, along with the known complexities of building two new reactors, underscore the importance of an objective and unbiased review of the project, its borrowers, and the appropriate credit subsidy level”
The TVA refuted claims that it relied on another electricity provider (MISO) during peak summer heat days, less than 24 hours before MLGW management was set to recommend the utility's next power supplier. The article references…
TVA announced a request for proposals to procure 5,000 megawatts of carbon-free energy, with CEO Jeff Lyash stating the utility is uniquely positioned to lead in reducing carbon emissions. Critics, including the Southern Alliance for Clean…
“What we don't know is how TVA is holding these large loads accountable, make sure that the large load is going to be the ones paying for it, not you and I. It is the largest electric load growth that we've seen. There is a phenomenal amount of speculation in this market.”
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspended final decisions on nuclear power plant licenses pending reassessment of spent fuel storage risks ordered by federal court. The action freezes nine construction and operating licenses, eight renewals, and other…
“Tennessee is a world leader in electric technology”
“We're not joking when we call it the Humpty Dumpty reactor. We think they ought to quit throwing good money after bad.”
The Tennessee Valley Authority has significantly increased its reliance on natural gas for electricity generation, with gas use climbing 70 percent in fiscal 2012 while coal-fired generation declined 30 percent. Gas now fuels about one-fifth of…
“Four years after the Kingston spill, we still do not have federal regulations for coal ash and what to do with coal ash impoundment”
“Dr. Marilyn Brown has one of the best credential sets of any of the board members. She teaches at one of the country's premier engineering schools [Georgia Institute of Technology]. She clearly has the technical background, and she's been a big supporter of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The senators need to define what credentials they want that she doesn't have.”
TVA's new John Sevier Combined Cycle natural gas plant near Rogersville, Tennessee marks a significant shift in the utility's generation portfolio, with coal now producing only one-third of TVA's power compared to 52 percent in fiscal…
