Press Mention Chattanooga Times Free Press October 18, 2021
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TVA accused of delaying transmission upgrades for local utilities seeking alternate power suppliers
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Three Tennessee power companies—Volunteer Energy Corp., Athens Utilities, and Gibson Electric Membership Cooperative—filed a complaint with FERC alleging that TVA President Jeff Lyash is improperly restricting transmission system upgrades to punish local utilities that may seek to purchase power from alternative suppliers. The filing claims TVA is using transmission access as leverage to prevent utilities from leaving the TVA system.
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TVA accused of delaying transmission upgrades for local utilities seeking alternate power suppliers
October 19, 2021
by
Dave Flessner
| Updated October 20, 2021 at 2:22 a.m.
Three Tennessee power companies that want the Tennessee Valley Authority to open its transmission lines for outside power deliveries claim that the federal utility is improperly restricting needed upgrades to its transmission system to local utilities for threatening to split with TVA.
In an 8-page filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), attorneys for Volunteer Energy Corp., Athens Utilities and Gibson Electric Membership Cooperative, claim TVA President Jeff Lyash was reluctant to make requested transmission improvements for the local power companies because they may quit buying wholesale power from TVA in the future.