TVA Becomes First US Utility to Seek Permit for Small Nuclear Reactor May 27, 2025 By Jennifer Mcdermott For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a...
Tennessee Power Outages Amplify Calls for TVA to Rethink Fossil Fuels January 2, 2023 A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold...
Tennessee Grand Jury Wants Criminal Investigation Into Coal Ash Worker Illnesses February 20, 2020 A grand jury in Tennessee said it would support a criminal investigation into claims that a Tennessee Valley Authority contractor...
Labor Dept Rules Tennessee Utility Illegally Fired Whistleblower January 17, 2020 The U.S. Department of Labor has ruled in favor of a nuclear engineer who says the Tennessee Valley Authority fired...
Sickened Coal Ash Workers Blame Tennessee Utility for Exposure to Health Hazards August 30, 2019 By Travis Loller The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its...
Jury Sides With Workers Sickened During Tennessee Coal Ash Cleanup November 14, 2018 A jury has sided with workers who say they were sickened after they were tapped to clean up a massive...
Federal Appeals Court Reverses Order Requiring Tennessee Coal Ash Cleanup September 28, 2018 By Jonathan Mattise A federal appellate panel on Monday overturned an order that would have required the nation’s largest public utility to unearth...
Hydroelectric Dams Operating at Peak to Manage Florence’s Floods September 18, 2018 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Florence’s driving rains are forcing hydroelectric dam operators to run generators at full tilt and open flood gates that haven’t...
Tests Show No Detectable Level of Toxins in Groundwater at Tennessee Plant July 26, 2017 By Adrian Sainz A water utility company in Tennessee says tests on drinking water revealed no detectable traces of arsenic and lead after...
Toxins in Groundwater Under Tennessee Valley Authority Plant Under Investigation July 19, 2017 By Adrian Sainz U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is pressing the Tennessee Valley Authority and state regulators for more information about the discovery of...