The Tennessee Valley Authority prefers to keep its two largest coal-fired power plants operating beyond their previously planned retirements in 2027 and 2028, according to TVA documents.
TVA published environmental impact statements for the Cumberland and Kingston plants earlier this month in which the federally owned utility said it prefers to keep both plants running alongside natural gas plants under construction to replace them.
(UPDATE: New TVA board under Trump extends coal, eliminates renewable energy as priority)
The TVA board of directors, complete with four new members nominated by President Donald Trump, will consider the plant retirements at a meeting Wednesday, according to a meeting agenda.
Before Trump took office for a second term, TVA leaders had said for years they would retire all remaining coal plants by 2035. The utility had previously decided to close the Kingston plant in Roane County, Tennessee, by 2027 and the two units at the Cumberland plant in Stewart County, Tennessee, by 2026 and 2028.