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TVA urged to be leader in Biden's new deal to fight climate change threat

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The article discusses President Biden's infrastructure plans and calls for the Tennessee Valley Authority to lead the utility industry by converting to carbon-free electricity generation within the next decade. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, described as a leading environmental group in the Tennessee Valley, is urging TVA to adopt this clean energy transition as part of Biden's climate agenda.

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TVA urged to be leader in Biden's new deal to fight global climate change

Should infrastructure plans push federal utility toward no-carbon future?

March 29, 2021

by

Dave Flessner

| Updated March 30, 2021 at 9:20 p.m.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, which helped boost the energy and income of impoverished southern Appalachia as part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal during the Great Depression, is being called upon again to be a leader in President Biden's new deal to fight the threat of global climate change.

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, a leading environmental group in the Tennessee Valley, is urging TVA to lead the utility industry by converting entirely to carbon-free electricity generation within the next decade.