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Tennessee Valley Authority Would Be Exempt From US House Energy Bill, Renewables Mandate

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How ironic that the TVA, long ago created by the US Congress to bring electricity to the rural South and encourage economic development, now serves a constituency that wishes to be excluded from incentives to develop more cost-effective, clean forms of energy. Maybe they think that climate change only applies ‘to the rest of the country’.

“The Tennessee Valley Authority and its distributors are exempt from a key requirement of the energy legislation adopted Saturday by the U.S. House of Representatives. But the Chattanooga-based trade group that lobbies for TVA’s distributors and the co-chairman of the TVA Congressional Caucus still opposed the measure. The House voted 220-190 for an amendment...Read More

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