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Tennessee and Alabama gripe about EPA ash hearings
Sep 2nd
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is hearing gripes from Tennessee and Alabama officials who feel left out as the agency goes across the country asking if coal ash should be federally regulated as a hazardous material.
Those are the two states most affected by the December 2008 spill in East Tennessee that sent a wave of toxic-laden coal ash and sludge into the Emory River and covered 300 acres, damaging homes, burying roads and raising health concerns. Some residents near a More >
Hot Tennessee River Costs TVA Millions
Aug 23rd
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority has cut power generation in half at its largest nuclear plant, costing the utility millions of dollars, to avoid overheating the Tennessee River in Alabama.
The nation's largest public utility has already lost nearly $50 million in power generation at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Ala. Unless the summer cools down, TVA could lose more, pushing up fuel costs and consumer electric bills even after seven straight monthly increases.
TVA executives said the Browns Ferry Plant has operated at about half power for most of the past month and could remain slowed down More >
Hot Tennessee River costs TVA millions of dollars
Aug 23rd
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is losing tens of millions of dollars in power generation at its largest nuclear plant to avoid overheating the Tennessee River in Alabama.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the nation's largest public utility has already lost nearly $50 million in power generation at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Ala.
Unless the summer cools down, TVA could lose more, pushing up fuel costs and consumer electric bills even after seven straight monthly increases.
The utility supplies power to nearly 9 million consumers in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. TVA executives said the More >
