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TVA ahead of most utilities on decarbonization but not keeping pace for future with some neighbors

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The Tennessee Valley Authority has led most utilities in decarbonizing its electricity generation over the past decade, but a new 31-page assessment released by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy suggests TVA will move slower than many neighbors in future greenhouse gas reductions. SACE criticized TVA for switching between fossil fuels rather than transitioning to clean energy and for failing to meet President Biden's goal of a carbon-free utility industry by 2035.

chided TVA for trading one fossil fuel for another and for failing to take enough steps to meet President Joe Biden's call for a carbon-free utility industry by 2035

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TVA ahead of most utilities on decarbonization but not keeping pace for future with some neighbors

June 24, 2022

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Dave Flessner

| Updated June 24, 2022 at 3:23 a.m.

The Tennessee Valley Authority led most utilities in decarbonizing its electricity generation in the past decade, but a new study suggests the federal utility will likely move slower than many of its neighbors in the future in cutting greenhouse gases linked with global warming.

In a 31-page assessment of the utilities' pollution and carbon emissions, released Thursday, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy chided TVA for trading one fossil fuel for another and for failing to take enough steps to meet President Joe Biden's call for a carbon-free utility industry by 2035.