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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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Environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, have sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis urging him to block oil exploration activities by Burnett Oil Co. at Big Cypress National Preserve, a 1,139-square-mile area…
EPB has signed a new 20-year power purchase agreement with TVA, joining 134 other municipalities and cooperatives in the TVA region. The contract will save EPB approximately $750,000 per month but locks the utility into a…
On December 11, 2012, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, Southern Environmental Law Center, and North Carolina Conservation Network launched SoutheastCoalAsh.org, an interactive online tool that helps Southeast residents identify coal ash impoundments near their…
“Kraft doesn't have any of the retrofits right now. When a plant doesn't have the retrofits it's the perfect opportunity to take it offline. They haven't invested any dollars keeping it online. With natural gas prices as they are ... this is a good time for them take it off line.”
Sen. Lamar Alexander, chair of the TVA congressional caucus, stated he has not taken a position on TVA's proposed 7.4% rate increase, which the authority says is necessary for emissions controls at coal-fired plants. The article…
“the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, a broad coalition of public health and environmental groups, believes some 1,440 Tennesseans annually die prematurely as a result of power plant pollution”
“No one wants to say we can't have any new development. We are saying it should be done in a smart, well-planned way. We are concerned the fact that the transmission and infrastructure are often built without anyone asking the tough questions.”
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a biological technique using bacteria to convert sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants into hydrogen sulfide, which can then be converted to common sulfur for industrial use. The process…
“After the TVA announcement in December about the three units, a lot of people think that Watts Bar has been canceled. Unit 2 is what they are looking at canceling, but not Unit 1. TVA's decision to cancel Unit 2 was good, but they continue to throw a lot of money at Unit 1”
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced a pooling agreement to acquire 600,000 tons of emission allowances under the Clean Air Act, drawing criticism from Karl Kurka of the Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition. TVA plans to reduce sulfur…
TVA reversed its decision to close a public meeting of its energy review committee after pressure from the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition and media objections. The committee, part of TVA's Energy Vision 2000 long-range planning…
“I'm not going to back away from the fact that I completely support the rights of those protesters to demonstrate. I strongly believe in this country that that's a right and they should do it.”
“The residential customer who may end up having to foot the bill for TVA's mistakes has no one looking out for them”
This article examines the post-Cold War challenge of disposing of surplus highly enriched uranium stored at the Y-12 weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Department of Energy has decided to "downblend" up to 200 tons…
“TVA has lost sight of its original mission. He says the agency is seeking to dodge congressional accountability by jettisoning nonpower programs and focusing solely on being a power company.”
