As expected, TVA utilities respond to the Grid Access Charge with increased fixed fees
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) utilities (known as Local Power Companies or LPCs) are responding to TVA's rate structure change by increasing fixed fees for residential and small commercial customers. This runs contrary…
My Statement to the TVA Board on Major Rate Change Approved May 10, 2018
On May 10, 2018, one week before the Tennessee Valley Authority's 85th anniversary, I made the trip to historic Muscle Shoals, Alabama in order to publicly deliver my comments to the TVA…
Is TVA ignoring how a proposed new fee could put vulnerable customers at risk?
SACE has already revealed how TVA’s existing mandatory fees favor industrial customers at the expense of residents. Now, a new policy change could make this problem even worse. TVA is proposing a grid access…
SunBlockers: "Solar in the Southeast" Annual Report blog series (part 5 of 5)
This is the final installment in a five-part series about the SACE “Solar in the Southeast” 2017 Annual Report. To view other blogs in this series, click here. SunBlockers - Not What The Doctor…
TVA's Extravagant Executive Toys at Your Expense
Just when you thought the excessive executive compensation was bad, it appears that the Tennessee Valley Authority's CEO Bill Johnson, already the highest paid federal employee in the entire country taking home…
Chattanoogans Ask TVA for Help With Energy Efficiency
This blog is the third in a series SACE is publishing on recent energy efficiency advocacy meetings between Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and community members across the Tennessee Valley. The first blog,…
TVA Undermines Distributed Solar and Disregards Its Own Stakeholder Process
Over the past year and a half, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) worked with stakeholders to study the value of rooftop solar systems. On October 20, TVA published the result, "Distributed Generation…