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Environmental groups to host event on the future of TVA

By Caroline Eggers

January 24, 2024

Environmental groups are hosting a “public hearing” on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s energy future this week. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, pollution, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority

Lowering your thermostat really did help prevent blackouts during Tennessee’s frigid week

By Caroline Eggers

January 20, 2024

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The Tennessee Valley Authority avoided blackouts during this week’s Arctic freeze partially thanks to people around Tennessee voluntarily reducing their energy consumption.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: blackouts, climate change, demand response, energy efficiency, grid, rolling blackouts, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority, transmission

Nashville is getting a new rooftop solar program. Here’s what we know so far.

By Caroline Eggers

October 18, 2023

Rooftop solar will soon be more affordable for some people in Nashville.  The Nashville Electric Service is creating a new program to pay households with solar panels that produce excess electricity. The program was designed through a new contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Electric Service, silicon ranch, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority

‘Stop polluting the communities of Black folks’: A Memphis resident reacts to TVA’s latest methane gas proposal

By Caroline Eggers

October 13, 2023

The Tennessee Valley Authority has planned the largest fossil fuel buildout of any utility in the nation this decade — and it just proposed another project.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, fossil fuels, memphis, pollution, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority

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