Changes

On Sept. 13, 2011, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced that it would be scaling back its Generation Partners Program, cutting the size of eligible systems by 75%. The action is a "blow to the renewable energy industries that have been one of few bright spots in the region’s economy over the past several years," according to the [[http://blog.cleanenergy.org/ Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. ]] Systems above the new 50 kilowatt (kW) cap will now be shuffled to TVA’s Standard Offer Program that is poorly designed to encourage development of the Valley’s renewable energy resources. <ref>[http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2011/09/16/tvas-decision-to-downsize-generation-partners-defies-logic/ "TVA decision to downsize Generation Partners defies logic,"] Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Sept. 16, 2011.</ref>