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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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A U.S. General Accounting Office draft report concludes that TVA is in serious financial distress due to massive borrowing for its failed nuclear power program, with $14 billion in debt tied to non-producing nuclear assets. The…
“The documents prove that there is no possible way to bring Watts Bar on-line in nine months and still protect public health and safety”
“If you're digging yourself into a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging.”
“TVA is so intent on selling electricity that it is opening its lands to private enterprise and abandoning efforts to protect the environment”
“There has always been a loophole and they have just made it much bigger”
“TVA deserves some credit, but there are still a number of these plants that are not being fully controlled with the best available control technology. Therefore, folks in North Alabama are breathing dirtier air than they have to.”
“It's not a guarantee. The Panhandle remains the most at risk in Florida for ozone problems. And a shift from the past few years of rainy weather to more dry weather could play a significant factor in driving ozone levels up to unsafe levels”
“What we have here is a selection process which fails to address a potentially viable alternative to the restart of Browns Ferry.”
Former TVA board member David Freeman criticizes TVA Chairman Marvin Runyon for eliminating the agency's research, environmental, and economic development programs in favor of power generation. William Hopkins of the Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition (TVEC), a…
“We hope his leaving does not mean any further turning away in TVA's role in protecting the environment”
“It seems they're trying to keep items off the board agenda and have them decided within the organization rather than publicly”
“TVA needs an honest estimate of what really needs to be done at Sequoyah, how long it is really likely to take and what the costs are really likely to be”
“unless they get out and get ahead on this issue, we're going to paint them into a corner that this is their fault because it's happening on their watch”
Nine national and regional organizations, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, are challenging the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's licensing of two proposed new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant near Waynesboro, Georgia. The groups…
TVA board members met to address an impending quorum crisis as five of nine seats face vacancy or expiration. Southern Alliance for Clean Energy expressed reservations about delegating excessive authority to the incoming CEO before he…
