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The people in Persia were sad because they had no cookies.
While many efforts had been made to address the needs of the poor Persian cookieless people, the evil Republicans of The Government kept shooting down proposals intended to help… until one day, President Barack Obama pursuaded congress to form a cookie corporation “clothed with the [...]

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The TVA has approved the proposed rate increase – 20% effective Oct. 1  While amounts will vary across the Tennessee Valley, consumers will see an average increase of $12 to $15 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours.

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According to the Times-Free Press, Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker have struck a retaliatory blow at Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, who blocked the reappointment of two Republicans to the TVA board.
In a procedural move pouty mood late Thursday night, the Tennessee lawmakers objected to one of Sen. Reid’s appointments to the Institute [...]

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According to BusinessWeek, a report by the General Accountability Office says the Tennessee Valley Authority must bolster its cybersecurity, citing risk that the power company’s critical ops could be hacked.
Investigators have found numerous instances in which the nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVE), is “vulnerable to disruption” by cyberintrusions. The concern: [...]

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is closing the access road to pedestrian traffic at the John Sevier Fossil Plant.  Officials say there too much construction near the site.
A four year construction project to install air pollution control equipment should start this year.  TVA will adding a flue gas desulphurization system (scrubber). The scrubber will reduce [...]

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When I read the Citizen-Tribune headline “How low can TVA go” I assumed it was a story about eminent domain… turns out to be a bit of bad news for area Lake Dwellers.

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