US's largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant
Release time：2024-05-09 06:41:51 Source：Horizon Herald news portal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law. The Tennessee Valley Authority announced in April that it would replace the aging coal-burning Kingston Fossil Plant with gas amid growing calls for the agency’s new board of directors to invest in renewables.
The board, with six of nine members appointed by President Biden, is expected to meet on Thursday in Nashville, a day after a planned protest by a coalition of environmental groups demanding Tennessee Valley stop investing in fossil fuels.
Decommissioning the Kingston plant, site of a massive 2008 coal ash spill, is part of Tennessee Valley’s overall plan to reduce its reliance on coal. In analyzing alternatives to replace the plant, the corporation considered either a new 1,500 megawatt gas plant or 1,500 megawatts of solar combined with 2,200 megawatts of battery storage. Tennessee Valley concluded that a 2027 deadline for retiring the current plant does not give it enough time to develop the renewables alternative.
- Previous：Chinese leader Xi Jinping set to meet Serbian officials on the second leg of his Europe tour
- Next：Jessica Biel reveals her unusual secret to getting red
Related articles
- Keith Urban is back in Sin City! Country singer announces third Las Vegas residency after 2021 show
- Israeli army kills over 200 Palestinians, arrests 1,000 in Gaza hospital: Hamas
- GLOBALink
- Israel withdraws all ground troops except for one brigade from southern Gaza: media reports
- Sad detail in Hugh Jackman's bachelor pad following his split from wife Deborra
- Serial Short Videos Released to Raise Awareness About Children's Charities
- China's Puyuan Ramps up Efforts to Develop Knitwear Industry
- Shenzhen Makes Efforts to Help Autistic Youths Integrate into Society, Chase Dreams
- Another tennis player suspended for corruption linked to match
- Wondrous Xinjiang: Project Renovating Old Residences Revitalizes Ancient City
- Neighbour, 33, admits killing girl, 11, with poisonous gas used to kill bed bugs
- Israeli army kills over 200 Palestinians, arrests 1,000 in Gaza hospital: Hamas
- Govt Aims to Reduce Costs Associated with Raising Families
- Mechanism Promotes Public Interest Litigation to Protect Women, Children's Rights, Interests
- Selena Gomez says she is releasing her pent
- Innovation drive in health sector boosts multinationals' confidence in Chinese market
- Govt Aims to Reduce Costs Associated with Raising Families
- Profits of foreign
- Families of the victims of attacks on displaced people in Congo mourn their dead
- Innovation drive in health sector boosts multinationals' confidence in Chinese market
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by US's largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant ,Horizon Herald news portal sitemap