TVA focal point of fiery debate
“Because TVA has no public utilities commission or state legislative body to answer to, customers and competitors alike are in the dark relative to important information necessary for planning”
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Partisan battle leaves TVA board in lurch
“It's another example of dysfunction in the Senate”
Sludge-Spill Anniversary Stirs Call for Coal-Ash Regulation
On the fourth anniversary of the 2008 Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill near Knoxville, environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Southern Environmental Law Center are calling for stronger coal ash regulation.…
Stacking the decks to pass Clear Skies bill
“We firmly believe that there are (other) options. We think they're not being serious to try to work with us.”
Officials hit TVA pollution record
“This literally may be the most significant environmental case to be heard in the Southeast. It will have effect not only in the across the country.”
Carol Woods to star in AIDS benefit
A Charleston art exhibit and lecture by Greenpeace International senior adviser Tom Clements highlights the dangers of nuclear waste, with particular relevance to a plutonium shipment expected through Charleston Harbor. Clements, who co-founded the Southern Alliance…
TVEC serves as TVA watchdog
“They felt that a collective voice would be best. People always say there's nothing they can do. There's a general apathy, not just in this area, but in the whole country. But when people come together, they have more self-confidence. We generated support for an 18,000-signature petition to protest the proposed rate increase.”
Protesters' bonds set at $1,000
Fifty-two Earth First protesters arrested Monday after blocking the entrance to Watts Bar Nuclear Plant for three hours were ordered to post $1,000 bond each or remain in jail until a July 19 preliminary hearing on…
Watts Bar may face hurdle
An environmental group, the Foundation for Global Sustainability, challenges TVA's readiness to start the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, claiming TVA misrepresented a quality-assurance report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The group obtained an independent consulting report…
Consumer, green groups urging TVA oversight
Eleven national environmental and consumer groups are backing a Knoxville-based Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC) proposal for a regional oversight commission to study TVA's competitive positioning under impending utility deregulation. TVERC spokesperson Michelle Neal Conlon…
Focus on TVA's future
“If we want to save TVA, the people of the valley need to be involved in charting its future course. The regional commission is the only plan out there that gives us that opportunity.”
For FPL Customers, Bills $20 Higher in 2013 for Nuke-Plant Construction That May Never Happen
“This is an extremely unfortunate situation for utility customers in Florida who are being forced to pay this 'nuclear tax' up front for electricity that will very likely never be produced from proposed new reactors”
Only one shows for TVA public forum
“I'm going to be at a lot of them”
TVA insurance on nuclear plants unchanged
“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.”
No rate increases for 2003, TVA says
“It's great to have another year of stable rates, but our fear is they're (TVA) going to delay the commitments to clean air”