The federal district court for the Eastern District of Tennessee denied Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) request to stay environmental organizations’ lawsuit challenging TVA’s plan to build a new gas-fired power plant after retiring nine coal-fired units at the Kingston Fossil Plant. TVA requested the stay after the TVA board authorized a plant to continue operating the coal-fired units in conjunction with the gas plant and instructed staff to apply for permits to operate both plants alongside each other. The court found that the TVA board’s final decision on the coal-fired units would not affect “the question at the center of this litigation,” which was the TVA’s decision to build the gas plant. The court found no “pressing need” to delay the litigation until a final decision is made regarding the coal-fired units.

Challenge to the environmental review for a gas-fired power plant to replace a coal-fired power plant in East Tennessee.

Appalachian Voices v. Tennessee Valley Authority

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Tennessee Federal Court Declined to Pause Challenge to Natural Gas Plant After TVA Board Authorized Plan to Operate Old Coal Units Alongside Gas Plant

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Tennessee Federal Court Declined to Pause Challenge to Natural Gas Plant After TVA Board Authorized Plan to Operate Old Coal Units Alongside Gas Plant

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