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===September 2010: TVA report suggests more nuclear, less coal===
In September 2010, the Tennessee Valley Authority's Integrated Resource Plan suggest the company's future is likely to include more nuclear power production and less reliance on coal for the next two decades, including idling more coal fired units and adding nuclear units as early as 2018. A handful of strategies were considered, but the report indicated that TVA would be better positioned in the future if the utility diversified its power production and added more energy efficient and demand response programs. The public can comment on the plan through November 2010, and then TVA will submit the plan to the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] in March 2010 for a review of the environmental impact. The TVA board will approve plans in April.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9I97J300.htm "TVA's future plans suggest more nuclear, less coal"] Bloomberg BusinessWeek, September 16, 2010.</ref>
===April 2011: TVA to phase out 18 coal units, install pollution controls===
On April 14, 2011, the EPA announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged [[Clean Air Ac]]t violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The settlement will require TVA to invest a TVA estimated $3 to $5 billion on new and upgraded state-of-the-art pollution controls that will prevent approximately 1,200 to 3,000 premature deaths, 2,000 heart attacks and 21,000 cases of asthma attacks each year, resulting in up to $27 billion in annual health benefits. TVA will also invest $350 million on clean energy projects that will reduce pollution, save energy and protect public health and the environment. The settlement also requires TVA to pay a civil penalty of $10 million.<ref>[http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/ab2d81eb088f4a7e85257359003f5339/45cbf1a4262af67b8525787200516dd7!OpenDocument "EPA Landmark Clean Air Act Settlement with TVA to Modernize Coal-Fired Power Plants and Promote Clean Energy Investments / State-of-the-art pollution controls and clean energy technology to provide up to $27 billion in annual health benefits"] EPA, April 14, 2011.</ref>
In addition, TVA agreed to phase out 18 units at coal-fired power plants, adding up to 2,700MW, and install modern pollution controls on three dozen additional units, making it the largest ever reduction in air pollution in the Southeastern United States.<ref>[http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=203101.0&dlv_id=174621 "Blockbuster Agreement Takes 18 Dirty TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant Units Offline"] Sierra Club, April 14, 2011.</ref>
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