Showdown over TVA electricity contracts set for Memphis this week

Inside the TVA's Allen Combined Cycle Plant in MemphisPlant Manager Dave Skelskey explains how the TVA's Allen Combined Cycle Plant operates.The sh...

December 5, 2022
12:10 AM

Inside the TVA's Allen Combined Cycle Plant in MemphisPlant Manager Dave Skelskey explains how the TVA's Allen Combined Cycle Plant operates.The showdown over the legal ties that bind the Tennessee Valley Authority to 150-plus local power companies is coming to a Memphis courtroom this week.Attorneys for TVA and three environmental nonprofits will argue before U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker on Thursday about whether a lawsuit questioning the legality of TVA's 20-year, rolling electricity contracts should proceed to trial or be dismissed.

Samuel Hardiman