TVA
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Legal & RegulatoryEnvironmental Group Alleges TVA Coal Ash Pollution Is Leaking Into River
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) informed the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Nov. 10 that it intends to bring suit under the Clean Water Act to stop the release of coal ash pollutants it says are leaking from the TVA’s Gallatin coal ash ponds into the Cumberland River. Gallatin Fossil Plant is a four-unit […]
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CoalTVA Likely to Retire Three Coal Units in Tennessee
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is poised to decide on the fate of a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee. At its next meeting on Aug. 21, the TVA board will likely choose to retire three existing coal-fired units at the Allen Fossil Plant in Shelby County, Tenn., by December 2018 and replace them with a […]
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Coal
TVA to Retire More Coal Units, Banks on Nuclear Future
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will retire more than 3 GW at eight coal units in Alabama and Kentucky to address “challenging trends” that point to lower power demand, a slow economy, uncertainty in commodity pricing, and tougher air pollution rules. The U.S. corporate agency’s board of directors on Nov. 14 approved plans to retire all […]