There are 14 article(s) tagged Allen Fossil Plant:

• February 2023

  • Redeveloped Allen plant could generate $1B+ yearly, officials say

    The Tennessee Valley Authority, which owns the plant, closed the facility in 2018. Demolition is expected to be completed in 2025, TVA spokesperson Scott Brooks said.

    By Neil Strebig February 06, 2023

  • Protect Our Aquifer director: ‘A time to choose’ between energy, potable water

    Sarah Houston talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the coal ash cleanup still in progress at the old TVA Allen Fossil Plant and its impact on the Memphis Sands aquifer, which supplies the city’s water.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2023

  • Familiar chimney stacks at TVA’s Allen Fossil Plant coming down Friday

    The demolition of the three 400-foot-tall chimney stacks at the now-defunct Allen Fossil Plant is the final step in a four-phase plan to prepare the site for redevelopment, and repurpose the 500 acres of land it occupies in Southwest Memphis.

    By Keely Brewer February 02, 2023

• November 2022

  • TVA’s coal ash cleanup site in Memphis on ‘most contaminated’ list

    The report’s complaints hinge on the authors’ interpretation that both the East and West Ponds at the Allen Plant should be subject to federal regulations rather than the state-level commissioner’s order.

    By Keely Brewer November 11, 2022

• January 2022

  • House committee questions TVA power rates

    A nine-page letter from Capitol Hill questions a central tenet of TVA’s pitch for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to remain the federal agency’s largest customer for electric power.

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2022

• November 2021

  • State approves TVA plan to move coal ash to landfill

    TDEC spokeswoman Kim Schofinski said the plan to move the coal ash includes traffic management.

    By Ian Round November 23, 2021

• September 2021

  • Allen coal ash cleanup ‘one document away’ from start

    The second of two online public hearings hosted by the Tennessee Valley Authority is Thursday at 6 p.m. After pausing the process following City Council opposition, TVA is again talking about a detailed plan to move the waste by truck from southwest Memphis to a landfill in Capleville.

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2021

• August 2021

  • Council to consider moving coal ash dumping out of Memphis

    Two resolutions come up in council committees Tuesday, Aug. 3. One urges TVA to keep coal ash from the old Allen Fossil plant out of the city, another seeks to have the ash taken outside the eight-state region where a system of aquifers provides water for Memphis and other cities.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2021

• July 2021

  • TVA rethinks coal ash disposal plan

    The surprise announcement last week at City Hall of a plan to truck the waste to a landfill near Memphis International Airport drew immediate criticism from City Council members. TVA isn’t pulling the plan but says will seek more public input.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2021

  • Coal ash from old Allen plant would go to airport area

    TVA officials outlined remediation plans that include trucking treated coal residue to a private landfill near Memphis International Airport.

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2021

• September 2020

  • MLGW-TVA: What happened the last time they split

    Memphis has left the Tennessee Valley Authority before, for a period that included the city building its own electric power plant. There are a lot of similarities between various turbulent chapters in the city's relationship with TVA as MLGW leaders again consider an exit from the federal agency.

    By Bill Dries September 07, 2020

• August 2020

  • TVA chief details Memphis losses in economic development by leaving the system

    Memphis and Shelby County will sacrifice hundreds of millions of dollars worth of support in economic development if Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division splits from TVA, chief executive Jeffrey Lyash tells the EDGE Board.

    By Tom Bailey, Bill Dries August 21, 2020

• October 2019

  • TVA leaders outline plan for old Allen Fossil plant site

    The 60-year-old Allen Fossil plant is scheduled for demolition in 2022, Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash said Tuesday as leaders got a look at possible future uses for the 500-acre site.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 2019

• November 2018

  • TVA gathers public input on developing coal ash plan for Old Allen

    The Tennessee Valley Authority will conduct comprehensive research on coal ash from its Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis as part of a look at waste from coal plants across the TVA system.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2018