TVA to Close Two Coal-Fired Plants
February 15, 2019
Defying a tweet from President Trump calling coal “an important part of our electricity generation mix,” the Tennessee Valley Authority will close two aging coal-fired power plants, saying they can no longer compete with plants using cheaper and cleaner energy sources. The decision effectively extends a timeline laid out recently in Issues showing that technological, social, and economic forces, rather than an alleged political war, have driven the nation’s century-long move away from coal.