The nation’s largest public utility is going back to coal — with almost no input from the public

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By Katie MyersFeb 19, 2026, 4:30 am105 ptsTrending
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s quarterly meeting in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, opened with a triumphant video homage to its work during Winter Storm Fern. Energy had come through, yet again, to defeat extreme cold. The montage credited this to the utility’s “coal workhorses,” then noted that nuclear…

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