Just Another Two Billion Dollars Between Friends
Under the leadership duo of Bill Sansom's tenure as the Tennessee Valley Authority's Board Chairman and Tom Kilgore's years as CEO, we have witnessed some of the largest financial mistakes ever made in the…
Solar Technology Propels Low Prices and Bankability for the Solar Industry
The collective US solar brain trust gathered at the Solar Solutions Conference in Memphis, TN presented by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Solar Institute, April 10-11. The big news? Technological innovations…
Another Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Gamble for TVA
Hot on the heals of the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in history, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has just upped its ante on a different game of chance: completing the Watts Bar…
SACE Solar PV Installation Goes LIVE
This blog was co-written by SACE's Renewable Energy Director, Maria Hubert. After a year of working hard on energy efficiency improvements, our Knoxville, TN office is now officially solar-powered! KUB, our…
Tr-Ash Talk: Dumping A Civil Rights Issue
This guest post was written by Emily Enderle of Earthjustice. The original blog can be found here. One town's Tr-"ash" is no one's treasure The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been…
GAO takes a close look at TVA efficiency efforts and expense planning
The federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report in December that takes a hard look at the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) energy efficiency efforts and capital expenditure planning. The report recommends…
Revitalizing a Community with Environment in Mind: A New Hope in New Norris
This blog was written by SACE intern Jeannie McKinney and Natalie Mims. Our nation has seen an exponential rise in environmental activism and energy problem solving within the last decade, and the…
SACE in the News: Declining Demand for Energy Impacts Planning for Utilities
A recent article in The Tennessean highlights one emerging reality for energy companies: people are consuming less energy. The excellent long-form piece by reporter Anne Paine, “TVA bets on rising demand: Less…
Kingston Coal Ash Trial Underway
This week marks the beginning of a federal trial resulting from the 2008 Kingston coal ash disaster. That environmental catastrophe resulted in 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic coal ash being dumped…
TVA decision to downsize Generation Partners defies logic
Imagine you were head of an agency charged with providing affordable energy, stewarding the environment and supporting economic development and technological innovation. Now imagine that the agency operated a program that fostered…