Environmentalists Sue to Block TVA Kingston Power Plant & Pipeline

In May 2023, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced that it would convert the Kingston Fossil Plant (coal-fired plant) in East Tennessee to a natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 1,500 megawatts of electricity (see TVA Proposes NatGas Power Plant, 122-Mile Pipeline for East Tenn.). The project also includes contracting with Enbridge to build a new 122-mile pipeline called the Ridgeline Expansion Project. The Southern Environmental Law Center, working on behalf of radicalized groups, including the Sierra Club, has sued the TVA to block the project of converting a dirty coal plant to a clean natural gas plant. Go figure.

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