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Tennessee Valley Authority

First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor as TVA advances plan for Oak Ridge

The Associated Press

May 21, 2025

The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced Tuesday it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear reactor.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Don Moul, nuclear energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority

Trump grants TVA ‘exemption’ to air pollution regulations for coal

Caroline Eggers

April 25, 2025

In late March, the Trump administration made a unique offer to power providers: send an email and get out of federal pollution restrictions.  The Tennessee Valley Authority quickly signed up. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: air pollution, climate change, coal, Environmental Protection Agency, fossil fuels, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility, appoints a new CEO

Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 1, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority has promoted one of its top executives to CEO as President Donald Trump has begun turning his attention back to the nation’s largest public utility.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Workers got sick after cleaning up TVA’s coal ash. A new book recounts their fight for justice.

Caroline Eggers

March 13, 2025

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In 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority became the face of the largest industrial disaster in U.S. history.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: coal, coal ash, fossil fuels, Tennessee Valley Authority

A fossil fuel may be rebranded ‘renewable energy’ under proposed Tennessee law

Caroline Eggers

March 7, 2025

Tennessee may become the first state to legally define gas as “renewable energy.” State law currently defines natural gas as “clean energy.”

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: cancer, fossil fuels, methane, renewable energy, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Valley Authority

In Tennessee, who uses the most fracked gas?

Caroline Eggers

January 14, 2025

Methane gas, the fracked fossil fuel that’s also called natural gas, powers a lot of Tennessee.  But, who uses the most gas? The answer might surprise you.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, climate change, fossil fuels, methane, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA 2020 v. 2030: Why the nation’s largest public utility is not getting cleaner

Caroline Eggers

November 14, 2024

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is still extremely reliant on fossil fuel sources, while others say they could opt for cleaner energy production now.

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

How Biden affected TVA

Caroline Eggers

October 31, 2024

The Tennessee Valley Authority is a unique utility.  It’s one of the biggest in the nation, serving 10 million people, yet it’s also public. The utility is owned by the federal government and shaped by U.S. presidents — including, most recently, Joe Biden.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Environmental Protection Agency, fossil fuels, inflation reduction act, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority, wind energy

Permits put on hold for planned pipeline to fuel a new Tennessee natural gas power plant

Jonathan Mattise, AP

October 17, 2024

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel delivered a 2-1 split decision Friday that keeps Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC from starting to build its 32-mile pipeline.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Tennessee’s ‘high hazard’ dams lack current emergency plans, flood mapping

Caroline Eggers

October 7, 2024

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Multiple dams in East Tennessee reached their highest peaks during recent severe floods, prompting evacuations and anxiety over potential failures. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, dam, flood, landslides, soil, tennessee emergency management agency, Tennessee Valley Authority

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