“In fact, more than a quarter of the route is classified as a High Consequence Area and could result in the loss of life if the pipeline fails and explodes due to a landslide, a seismic event, an accident, or a construction fault. Even if the pipeline operates safely for its lifetime, Tennesseans will still be left footing the bill for TVA's unwise decision to double down on expensive, dirty fossil gas rather than investing in energy efficiency, demand reduction programs, renewables, and battery storage.”
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a 122-mile natural gas pipeline expansion by Enbridge in East Tennessee, extending from Smith County to TVA's Kingston power plant in Roane County. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy…
Southwest Memphis residents and environmental advocates, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, opposed TVA's proposal to install six new methane gas-fired turbines at the Allen Plant during a public meeting. The community, already burdened by…
The Tennessee Valley Authority took both reactors at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in Soddy-Daisy offline on June 24, 2025, to address malfunctions, according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports. The outage occurred hours before TVA asked…
“This is exactly what's happening; Elon Musk and his company are moving very fast, and what they're breaking is the trust and the health of a community that has already been significantly impacted by industrial development”
Data center demand driven by AI and hyperscalers is straining U.S. electrical grids and threatening to accelerate fossil-fuel power plant construction, potentially undermining clean energy goals. The article examines how unchecked data center growth could double…
“You have a change in leadership in the sense that you've got a new CFO, and now a new CEO. You have a number of the units of TVA's nuclear fleet, about 42%, that are not operational now, so three of the nuclear plants are down. You have two Tennessee senators, Blackburn and Hagerty, who have written a very hostile op-ed, pushing TVA and challenging their leadership”
The Tennessee Valley Authority board announced the promotion of Chief Operating Officer Don Moul to become the fourth CEO of TVA. Moul is a nuclear veteran whose appointment signals TVA's continued focus on nuclear power, including…
Dr. Stephen A. Smith, Executive Director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, writes an op-ed analyzing TVA's current crises—political instability from Trump-era board removals, financial constraints from the $30 billion debt cap, operational challenges with…
“They're bringing in this Silicon Valley mindset, which is 'go fast' and break things. That's exactly what it is. And what they're now going to do is break this community because they're not being transparent and they're not being honest.”
Article reports on President Trump's firing of three Biden-appointed members from the TVA board in his second term, prompting reactions from Tennessee Valley leaders. The piece discusses the significance of these personnel changes for the region's…
