Electricity addiction may prove to be costly
“The industrial customers have people looking out for them to make sure their rates stay low. But my biggest fear is that the residential payer will be victimized in all this.”
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Area won't meet EPA air quality standards
Birmingham faces EPA nonattainment designations for failing to meet federal air quality standards for both new particulate matter regulations and existing ozone standards. Anne Gilliam, diesel campaign coordinator for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, advocates…
Close loopholes in campaign law
“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.”
Marchers target rule on mercury
“The technology is available to clean up power plants by 90 percent of their mercury pollution, and yet EPA in this proposal is only calling for a 30 percent reduction in the short-term, and not until 2018 will we see any more reductions”
TVA meets opinionated public
TVA held a public meeting to discuss long-range planning, with focus on conservation and nuclear power. Public commenters, including Tennessee Environmental Council board member John Noel III, called for greater TVA transparency and questioned the economic…
TVA's 2020 vision has sharper focus
“One of the criticisms we heard over and over was TVA is not specific enough”
Watts Bar has unhappy birthday
Article about Watts Bar nuclear facility's anniversary, published in The Chattanooga Times. The piece references the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC, the historical name of SACE) through its masthead listing as a member organization. The…
Clean-up program is matter of give and take
A weekly column on Oak Ridge environmental cleanup operations discussing DOE's 10-year plan to compress cleanup work, including plans for an on-site disposal cell and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The article covers DOE's concerns about…
A mountain of debt for TVA
“I'm afraid the debt is the weight around the neck of TVA that is going to prevent it from being competitive”
Gore keeping mum on TVA's future
“It was designed to take Congress' attention off the power subsidies (TVA gets), but it didn't work that way”
Panelists say TVA plan would hurt environment
“TVA was not meant to be the world's largest power generator, but that is what it is headed toward becoming — the valley be damned”
The Case for a TVA Regional Commission
“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.”
TVA Officials Still Unsure On Rate Rise
TVA Chairman Craven Crowell announced that the agency has not yet decided on a rate increase or completion timeline for a cost-of-service study. The article covers a TVA board meeting in Tullahoma, Tennessee, where Crowell also…
TVA had net loss of $64 million last fiscal quarter
“TVA is losing money in part because its gives "sweetheart deals" to certain industries”
Critic calls for TVA to reform
“There's no public utility commission in the state of Tennessee that has any oversight of TVA whatsoever.”