TVA Proposes NatGas Power Plant, 122-Mile Pipeline for East Tenn.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the U.S. TVA’s service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. TVA is the sixth-largest power supplier and the largest public utility in the country. In July 2021, MDN told you that TVA is spending over $1 billion to replace six coal-fired plants with natgas-fired turbines (see TVA Investing $1B to Build New Natgas-Fired Electric Plants). Good news! TVA announced earlier this week that it would convert a second coal-fired plant, this one in East Tennessee, to a natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 1.5 gigawatts of electricity. The project also includes contracting with Enbridge to build a new 122-mile pipeline.

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