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On April 14, 2011, North Carolina settled a 5-year-old lawsuit - [[North Carolina v. TVA]] - with the Sierra Club announced that TVA agreed to phase out 18 units of over emissions from its coal -fired 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 deal was part of a larger settlement with the Southeastern United States.<ref>[http://actionU.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=203101S.0&dlv_id=174621 "Blockbuster Agreement Takes 18 Dirty Environmental Protection Agency over TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant Units Offline"] Sierra Club, April 14, 2011.</ref> The phase out includes two units at violations of the [[John Sevier Fossil Plant]], all 10 units clean air act at the [[Johnsonville Fossil Plant]], both 11 of its coal-fired plants in TennesseeAlabama, Kentucky and six units at the [[Widows Creek Fossil Plant]] in north AlabamaTennessee.<ref>[http://abcnewswww.gonewsobserver.com/Business2011/04/14/1130021/wireStory?id=13375691 tva-settles-with-nc-over-coal.html#ixzz1JWQu2mEb "TVA Phasing out Hundreds of Jobs at Coal Plantssettles with N.C. over coal plant emissions"] ABCNews Observer.com, April 14, 2011.</ref>

That same dayAs part of the North Carolina agreement, TVA agreed to phase out 18 units of its coal plants, adding up to 2, 700 MW, and to install modern pollution controls on three dozen additional units.<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> The phase out includes two units at the EPA announced a settlement with [[John Sevier Fossil Plant]], all 10 units at the TVA to resolve alleged [[Clean Air ActJohnsonville Fossil Plant]] violations , both in Tennessee, and six units at 11 of its coal-fired plants the [[Widows Creek Fossil Plant]] in north Alabama.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=13375691 "TVA Phasing out Hundreds of Jobs at Coal Plants"] ABC, KentuckyApril 14, and Tennessee2011. The settlement </ref> As part of the EPA agreement, TVA will require TVA to invest a TVA an 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>