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In May 2012, TVA began considering a switch to natural gas for the plant, linked up to a proposed natural gas pipeline from Tennessee through Alabama to Georgia.<ref>Ben Benton, [http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/13/TVA-natural-gas-pipeline-jackson-county-for-region/?print "Natural gas pipeline considered for tri-state region,"} Times Free Press, May 13, 2012.</ref>
On November 14, 2013, TVA announced that unit 8, one of the two remaining units of the plant, would be retired. The agency left the timeframe of the retirement to the discretion of the CEO. TVA also announced retirements at the [[Colbert Fossil Plant]] and the [[Paradise Fossil Plant]].<ref>Paul Gattis, [http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/11/tva_to_cut_more_than_300_emplo.html#incart_river_default "TVA to cut more than 150 employees at two north Alabama plants,"] All Alabama, November 14, 2013</ref><Ref>Steven Mufson, [http://wapo.st/1adq28I "Tennessee Valley Authority to close 8 coal-fired power plants,"] Washington Post, November 14, 2013</ref>
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