Tennessee natural gas pipeline decision ignites fiery debate

Tennessee natural gas pipeline decision ignites fiery debate

January 22, 2024

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved plans to build a natural gas pipeline to supply a power plant the Tennessee Valley Authority plans to build near Clarksville, Tennessee, at the site of TVA’s biggest coal plant.

Despite opposition from environmental groups, the commission authorized the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC to build a 32-mile-long gas pipeline in Middle Tennessee sought by TVA to power a new combined cycle natural gas plant to replace a portion of the 2,470 megawatts of coal-fired generation planned to be idled within the next five years at the Cumberland Fossil Plant near Clarksville.

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