The United States has long stood as a global leader in technology, innovation, and economic strength. But today, we face a sobering reality: we are losing ground to China in the tech race. One of the biggest reasons isn’t simply about innovation in Silicon Valley or defense spending in Washington. It’s about energy. The ability […]
For more than 90 years, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has been a driver of progress in North Alabama. Created in 1933 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, TVA was a promise to rural Americans that they would not be left behind, and that power, jobs, and opportunity weren’t just reserved for the
As the weather cools down, households across the Tennessee Valley will be turning on their heat. When the temperatures drop lower and the heat comes on, we just accept that our electricity bills will climb higher. It seems like an inevitability, but does it have to be? The answer? Maybe not, if you are one
Instead of a bold plan to lead the Tennessee Valley’s future, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) 2025 Draft IRP offers 30 potential paths forward, based on a handful of scenarios and strategies, yet none of which chart a decisive course for the clean energy transition our region urgently needs. After a six-month delay, the Tennessee
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has finally released its 2025 Draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The release of these draft documents comes after a nearly six month delay from the original scheduled release date in late March of this year. The 2025 Draft IRP describes, in some detail, the
Today Energy Alabama joined five other nonprofits in drafting and submitting a “Motion to Intervene” to the TVA Board of Directors asking for a public hearing, greater transparency and more opportunities for public engagement in the TVA 2024 Integrated Resource Plan process currently underway. The nonprofits joining Energy Alabama in this initiative are: Appalachian Voices,
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Short Answer: The monopoly utilities providing electricity to Alabama residents bet heavily on natural gas, while continuing to burn other increasingly costly fossil fuels to generate power. These fuel prices have skyrocketed for a variety of reasons, including COVID. Utilities made the wrong bet, but YOU are the one who’s paying the price. That’s because
Dear member of Joe Wheeler EMC, You may have recently been the recipient of a letter from your utility’s CEO, George Kitchens. That letter contained so much misinformation we felt the need to respond and set the record straight. Misinformation stings all the worse when you know the person has the facts and chooses to
Groups and community members unite to propel TVA into a just, equitable, and fossil-fuel-free energy future by 2030 TENNESSEE — Dozens of organizations in the Tennessee Valley came together today to launch the Clean Up TVA Coalition, demanding immediate action from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to cut carbon emissions and transition to a fossil-fuel-free
Congress is finally asking TVA some hard questions… many of the same questions we’ve been asking for years. Questions like what’s up with all these fixed fees and grid access charges? Why are TVA customers paying more for energy than the average customer across the country? Why does TVA make it so difficult to go
