TVA is reversing course on coal: It now wants to keep operating two aging coal plants it previously planned to shutter. (AP News)
With a freshly staffed board (several members of which were recently appointed by President Trump), the nation’s largest public utility wants to scrap 2035 retirement dates for its Kingston and Cumberland coal plants in Tennessee—while still building gas-fired generation at both sites.
Run it back: President Trump fired enough Biden-era TVA board members to freeze decision-making, then signed executive orders propping up coal before seating four new nominees in December.