Is the biggest US public utility finally catching up on clean energy?

Published on July 26, 2023

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee — The Tennessee Valley Authority is the biggest and most important public utility in the country. It also, historically, has resisted a rapid shift away from fossil fuels. President Franklin Roosevelt created TVA as part of the New Deal to deliver the rural electrification that for-profit…

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