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==TVA considering shutting down some aging coal plants==
In August 2009, CEO [[Tom D. Kilgore]] announced that [[Tennessee Valley Authority|TVA]] was studying the possibility of closing its [[John Sevier Fossil Plant]] in Tennessee and the oldest six units at Widows Creek. A federal judge has ordered TVA to install pollution equipment on the plants by the end of 2013, at an estimated cost of more than $1 billion. However, the company has not yet budgeted any money for the improvements. In 2010 TVA is planning to begin building an $820 million gas-powered plant to replace the generation at its John Servier Plant. The agency has already reduced power production from the oldest six units at Widows Creek. Environmental groups want TVA to shut down or convert to cleaner fuels the oldest and least efficient of its coal plants, including Widows Creek, John Sevier, and [[Johnsonville Fossil Plant|Johnsonville]] plants.<ref>[http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/aug/24/tva-may-shutter-aging-coal-fired-plants/?local "TVA may shutter aging coal-fired plants,"] ''Chattanooga Times Free Press,'' August 24, 2009.</ref>
==TVA Announces Job Reduction and Plant Idling==
On August 24, 2010 TVA announced that it was going to idle 9 of its coal-fired power plants, including six units at the [[Widows Creek Fossil Plant]]. In addition TVA stated that they were going to eliminate 200 jobs starting in 2011. The company said that the plants going idle was to reduce carbon emissions.<ref>[http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2010/08/tva_to_idle_9_coal-fired_units.html "TVA to idle 9 coal-fired units, including 6 at Widows Creek near Bridgeport"] Budd McLaughlin, ''The Huntsville Times'', August 24, 2010.</ref>
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