Opinions of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

It might be relevant to mention that the counties spanning the Muscle Shoals region didn't vote for Goldwater in 1964!

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

So here's another small slice of Americana....   S**t hits fan in Feb '19 about the TVA that I don't believe anyone on Atlas has mentioned, despite the fact that it is not only one of the largest Utility Companies within the region (Publicly owned and regulated) , but also Trump tries to impact energy sources for the agency.....   

This is a "slow burner" and the TVA has been a major deal in US politics since '33 to the present day.... so here's a bit more reading material

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/tennessee-valley-authority/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urges-tennessee-valley-authority-to-keep-open-49-year-old-coal-plant/2019/02/12/6fa1810c-2ed9-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?utm_term=.ae911141013d

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tva-defies-trump-votes-to-shut-down-two-aging-coal-fired-power-plants/2019/02/14/6cc0c9f8-3077-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story.html?utm_term=.75b3adfce734

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/14/694769097/trump-tweet-fails-to-save-kentucky-coal-fired-power-plant

https://www.apnews.com/0fac738b50604d09a861ddc0d339c1c2

You've only scratched the surface - I read a WSJ article that describes, at length, how a startup's contract with the TVA to expand transmission lines from Oklahoma wind farms to the TVA system was vetoed by the TVA. The article didn't describe the reasoning but it definitely seems like it was politically motivated...