Posts Tagged ‘TVA’
Ridgeline Pipeline Construction Impacts in Rural East Tennessee
Neighbors share concerns about noise, unpredictable construction schedules and other disruptions due to methane gas pipeline construction in East Tennessee.
Read MoreYears in the making, TVA’s long-term energy plan misses the mark
After years of delays and several drafts, TVA finalized a new long-term energy plan at its August board meeting. Both the process leading up to this plan and the final plan show that politics and industry interests have influenced the utility and its board more than the voices of household electric customers.
Read MoreGroups sue TVA over Clean Air Act violations at Kingston site
On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its 70-year-old Kingston Coal Plant, before receiving the required air permit or evaluating the impacts of the two plants’ combined emissions.
Read MoreTVA sued for violating federal Clean Air Act at its Cumberland Fossil Plant
This week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority over the utility’s failure to take federally required steps to protect Middle Tennessee communities from the harmful air pollution impacts of running its Cumberland coal plant alongside its newly built Cumberland Gas Plant.
Read MoreGroups take first step toward lawsuit against TVA over Clean Air Act violations at Kingston site
The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sent a notice of intent to sue to the Tennessee Valley Authority, warning the federal utility that its ongoing construction of a new methane gas plant near the site of its 70-year-old coal plant violates the Clean Air Act.
Read MoreTVA accepting public comments on its long-range energy plans
Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority released its outline for meeting the region’s energy needs over the next 25 years, known as its Integrated Resource Plan. The public utility also opened a 30-day public comment period for input on the plan.
Read MoreChaos at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Cuts to Public Input
The past year has brought turmoil and uncertainty to the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public power provider, and its more than 10 million customers across the Tennessee Valley.
Read MoreOur air and water are under attack
Today, much of the country has clean air and access to clean water. But instead of strengthening these safeguards and improving public health, Congress and the Trump administration are attempting to gut our core environmental protections.
Read MoreTVA cuts the public out, keeps expensive and dangerous coal plants operating indefinitely
In a staggering reversal, the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously today to continue operating its Kingston and Cumberland coal plants indefinitely, instead of retiring them as it brings new gas power plants online at the same sites.
Read MoreWhat’s next for TVA?
After months of turmoil on its board of directors, TVA’s newly sworn-in board immediately voted to keep its coal plants in operation, eliminate goals around renewable energy and equity, inclusion and diversity, and approve additional power for Elon Musk-affiliated data centers in Memphis.
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