The Tennessee Valley Authority changed the way it charges data centers for electricity this week, but the utility did not show its math on how it will protect people from higher bills.
TVA may be ‘tripling’ down on fossil fuels
TVA, the nation’s largest public utility, is moving forward with a long-term plan focused on building more gas plants. The TVA Board, the utility’s only regulator, with members all appointed by President Donald Trump and trained by TVA staff, approved a draft “Integrated Resource Plan” on Thursday.
TVA will consider a new electricity rate for data centers this week
The Tennessee Valley Authority is set to discuss a special rate for large industrial customers, which will include many data centers, at its quarterly board meeting Thursday.
This data center rivals TVA’s largest coal plant for climate pollution
Power plants, an oil refinery and a chemical plant are among Tennessee’s top climate polluters. If Elon Musk’s sprawling xAI data center campus in Memphis were included in that lineup, it would rank second.
Nashville’s data center ordinance lost a key environmental safeguard. What you need to know
Nashville’s city council will consider finalizing new legislation on Tuesday to regulate data centers, but a key environmental safeguard was stripped out earlier this month, with potentially serious consequences for public health and the environment.
Tennessee’s air pollution is about to get worse. TVA’s fossil fuel lawsuit explained
The Southern Environmental Law Center is set to sue the Tennessee Valley Authority for plans to run a coal plant and a gas plant on the same property near Clarksville.
Tennessee communities are blocking data centers. Nashville could be next.
Tennessee communities are passing temporary bans on new data centers amid a construction boom and widespread backlash. Since the fall, nine cities and counties have passed moratoriums on construction, and five were approved just in the past few weeks.
Tennessee ranks worst in the nation for solar and wind. Why?
Tennessee ranks last in the nation for solar, wind and geothermal energy. The state produced the equivalent of 1% of the electricity it uses from solar last year, according to a new report from advocacy group Environment America.
Tennessee’s biggest coal ash site is polluting water. TVA plans to make it permanent
Tennessee’s largest coal ash site could become a permanent source of pollution near the Cumberland River.
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