NASHVILLE – The U.S. Senate has confirmed new members to four of five board positions on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s nine-member board of directors.
Senators took the action Thursday on President Donald Trump’s nominees to the nation’s largest federally owned power utility.
Among those approved was Jeff Smith, deputy lab director for operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who was named to one of the five-year terms.
Smith was the lone new appointee from Tennessee to the board that oversees TVA operations in all or parts of seven Southeastern states.
In a statement, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said he’s glad the Senate acted “so the new board members can get to work at the nation’s largest public utility.