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TVA plans to add turbines in Southwest Memphis for ‘peaking’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 05, 2024 4:36 PM CT | Published: September 04, 2024 4:00 AM CT

The Tennessee Valley Authority is planning new natural gas turbines at the Allen Combined Cycle Plant in Southwest Memphis.

The federal power provider says the grid needs the additional turbines, but environmental groups say they could burden communities already facing pollution. 


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TVA plans to build six aero-derivative combustion natural gas turbines at Allen. The turbines are intended to replace similar machines that TVA retired last year. The machines aren’t for everyday use but instead for “peaking” — when the grid has a lot of demand and TVA needs to supply more electricity. 

 

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Samuel Hardiman

Samuel Hardiman

Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.


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