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The latest TVA coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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Trump directs TVA board to limit pay to $500K, even for CEO
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors to place a compensation limit of $500,000 on all employees, including the CEO.
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Climate groups raise alarm as TVA asserts power to limit public input
The nation's largest public utility has asserted sole discretion over whether to include public input on projects with major environmental impacts, alarming climate groups who say the move is contrary to the Tennessee Valley Authority's character.
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TVA board selects Mitch Graves and Jeff Hagood as interim, future chair
The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors chose Mitch Graves of Memphis as interim chair and Jeff Hagood of Knoxville as chair-elect Feb. 27, although the federal utility did not announce the change until Thursday.
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TVA to sell Cheatham County site after CEO met with John Rich
John Rich, a country musician named by the Trump administration as a citizen advocate for landowners, hosted a special guest at his home in Nashville: the CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest public power provider in the U.S.
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TVA eliminates top executive position. Experts say turnover could be good
Jeremy Fisher, who was chief business officer at the Tennessee Valley Authority until Monday, is not just departing the nation's largest public utility. His role will be eliminated and his duties reassigned to other executives.
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Costs rise for every TVA energy source but small modular nuclear, wind
The cost of building most kinds of power plants has risen since the Tennessee Valley Authority published a draft of its long-term power plan in 2024, according to new estimates the federal utility shared with advisors.
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TVA board chair resigns, longtime executive departs abruptly
The chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors resigned on Feb. 24 and a longtime executive will soon leave the federal utility after 25 years, TVA announced on Monday.
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TVA eligible for valuable tax credit on Alabama hydro plant
The Tennessee Valley Authority is eligible for a federal tax credit for a proposed hydroelectric plant on Sand Mountain in Jackson County, Alabama, which would reduce the project's price tag by at least $1 billion.
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Final contract marks milestone for 20-year effort to replace Chickamauga lock
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the final contract for the billion-dollar replacement of the Chickamauga lock, a step that one industry observer said marks a milestone for the two-decade project.
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TVA invited country singer John Rich to landowner task force. He declined
Country singer John Rich, who has launched online campaigns and written a song to protest the Tennessee Valley Authority, declined an invitation from the federal utility's CEO to cochair a new task force to engage landowners on power projects.
