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===April 2011: TVA to phase out 18 coal units, install pollution controls===
On April 14, 2011, the Sierra Club announced that TVA agreed to phase out 18 units at of its coal-fired power plants, adding up to 2,700 MW, and to 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>
That same day, the EPA announced a settlement with the TVA to resolve alleged [[Clean Air Act]] 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 pollution controls, invest $350 million on clean energy projects, and 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>
