Pop quiz!
1. What utility told us in early August that Mother Nature and cheaper natural gas helped it double its net income this past spring and set it on target for its most profitable year in its 85-year history?
2. What utility told us one week ago that it would boost rates by another 1.5 percent in October, adding about $2 more to the typical monthly power bill in Chattanooga?
3. What utility did we learn on Saturday has been cutting tax payments (actually in-lieu-of-tax payments) almost steadily by nearly $18 million to states and localities since 2015?
The short three-word answer for each question is the Tennessee Valley Authority – TVA to most of us.