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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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TVA power planners disputed a Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition report claiming that restarting Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant would cost more than building a new coal-fired plant. TVA's Lynn Maxwell stated the agency's analysis shows restart costs…
“I am pleased with the fact that TVA has decided there is no reason to remove me from the group. I don't feel I need a second chance because I did nothing wrong in the first chance. Participating in a demonstration is a right in this country.”
TVA Chairman Craven Crowell announced that three unfinished nuclear units may never be completed and the restart of another unit is questionable, as part of TVA's integrated resource planning process. The agency released Energy Vision 2020,…
This investigative article examines the Tennessee Valley Authority's financial and institutional crisis, driven primarily by its massive nuclear power program. The TVA has accumulated a $25 billion debt while only 9% of its power generation comes…
“The cost impact to customers from keeping these old coal units online is too high in many cases. And we hope to see many of the units named in this report on their retirement list next year.”
“Post-Sept. 11 you should have greater investment in security and greater investment in things like insurance. With the ongoing sophistication and threats from terrorism ... the likelihood of a nuclear plant attack has dramatically increased. They couldn't build another nuclear plant for $2.06 billion (insurance coverage), but they could replace it with another form of power like natural gas.”
Republican Senate candidate Lamar Alexander's campaign questions why TVA critics have contributed to rival Ed Bryant's campaign, citing FEC records showing donations from Duke Power, American Electric Power, and Reliant Energy. Stephen Smith of the Southern…
The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering extending its electric rate freeze to a fifth consecutive year while managing debt reduction and investing in nuclear reactor restart and pollution controls. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern…
“We're not talking about yard clippings here. The department "in charge" lacks a plan other than dumping plutonium in South Carolina, which sounds awfully similar to what they want to do with the nuclear waste left in the tanks.”
A new report on environmental effects of the Savannah River Site raises concerns about radioactive contamination and its impact on people who depend on the river for fish and drinking water. The report, authored by Arjun…
“it would be less expensive to build a new coal-fired steam plant than to operate Browns Ferry Units 1 and 3”
“If Mr. Runyon does not recognize that TVA's accountability to the ratepayers who pay the vast majority of TVA's bills and whose lives are affected in many ways by TVA's policies, public cynicism about TVA will continue to grow”
“We feel like Mr. Runyon came out of the confirmation process with a couple of problems with his relationships with people and organizations in the Tennessee Valley. There was a feeling that he was not open to a number of groups to meet and discuss his positions.”
“I think we all realize the cost involved in patching up their nuclear foul-up was going to be expensive”
“TVA is in desperation … trying to silence its critics.”
