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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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“In Georgia and Florida, there was at least some semblance of independence from the utility. Not in Alabama. All the commission would do is regurgitate Alabama Power's arguments. They are so under the thumb of Alabama Power, they don't ask the tough questions. It was crystal clear to us that Alabama Power had undue influence over the commission.”
Anti-nuclear activists, including Stephen Smith of the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, protested at a TVA board meeting against plans to fuel the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in November 1995. The coalition and other activists urged…
A WBIR-TV town meeting featuring eight Republican freshmen senators included a pointed question from veterinarian Stephen Smith of the Foundation for Global Sustainability about Republican hostility toward environmental protection, citing EPA cuts and threats to endangered…
“A major debate about TVA's future is happening without oversight or public input. This debate should be happening in a fish bowl for all to see.”
“Valley ratepayers are ill-served by this lack of oversight”
“We're going into what is going to be the most turbulent times in the history of the electric utility industry with restructuring, and none of the three TVA board members have utility experience”
TVA held a public meeting to receive comments on Chairman Craven Crowell's proposal to end federal funding for the agency's non-power programs by fiscal year 1999. Environmental activists and critics, including Bruce Wilkey of the Sierra…
“engaging in ratemaking policy in violation of the TVA Act”
“This process should be happening in a fishbowl. I'm very disappointed. I really think that Zach Wamp should not have closed this meeting. Is he representing the interests of a few at the top of TVA or is he representing the millions who have a stake in what is happening here?”
“Miami Beach has already spent $1 million on stormwater and pumps and raising roads. The city of Miami passed a $400 million bond deal, $192 million are going to sea-level rise. Miami-Dade County in their five-year capital plan has identified more than $20 billion that are going to go to what they call resiliency”
Congressional hearings are held on TVA's nonpower program funding, with representatives from the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC) scheduled to participate. Jan Jones of the Tennessee River Valley Association proposes a significant change to funding…
“This is not a decision that TVA's Board of Directors can make unilaterally. This is a fundamental change in the direction of the agency. We the people need more information before a decision is made.”
“I can't tell you what is the best thing for TVA — but that's because there is not enough information for people outside TVA to make decisions”
“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”
“absolutely the right thing to do”
