Power needs could hit summer record Thursday
Transmission lines and cooling towers at the TVA Shawnee Power Plant in West Paducah, Ky., are illuminated by the rising sun Nov. 14, 2017. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP file)
If estimates hold true, TVA will experience the highest demand for electricity of the summer Thursday; it would also be the highest power demand during any August in more than a decade.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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