Tennessee Valley Authority

US utility plans to switch 1200 vehicles to electric by 2030

August 19, 2021 Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s largest public utility plans to switch out 1,200 of its vehicles for electric ones by 2030, furthering its role in that market for a power supplier that also plans to […]

Tennessee Valley Authority considers replacing coal with gas

July 8, 2021 Travis Loller, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s largest public utility is looking at shutting down three of its five remaining coal-fired power plants, saying they are old and no longer practical. But despite President Joe Biden’s goal […]

Environmental groups sue TVA over long-term power agreements

August 21, 2020 Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Environmental groups are suing the Tennessee Valley Authority over long-term partnership agreements signed by local power companies that receive electricity generated by the nation’s largest public utility. A lawsuit filed in Memphis […]

TVA rescinds decision to outsource technology jobs

August 6, 2020 Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Just days after President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and criticized the agency for hiring foreign workers, the federally owned energy corporation announced it was rescinding a […]

Trump takes disciplinary action against TVA leadership

August 3, 2020 Zeke Miller, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority claiming it has betrayed American workers. Trump told reporters at the White House that he was […]