The implosion of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Fossil Plant marks a transition to clean energy for utility.

TVA is the nation's largest public utility and provides power to more than 10 million people across seven southern states.

The 800 and 500-foot-tall chimneys of an old coal-fired power station in Tennessee were brought down in a controlled ...

When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...

Demolition experts safely imploded the 500-foot and 800-foot stacks at the retired Bull Run Fossil plant. After 61 years of service, the plant was retired in 2023 — and now we’re looking ahead. Now, ...

The stacks served as a symbol for the region of TVA’s power in jobs and industry. They also served as a reminder of what it ...

TVA plans to repurpose its retired Bull Run coal-fired plant with synchronous condensers for grid stability.

The Tennessee Valley Authority's second rate hike, for the second year in a row, went into effect Tuesday, amounting to a 5.25% increase.

The country’s largest public power provider is building a large-scale solar field on a closed coal ash site at its Shawnee ...

The fossil plant has been producing coal-powered energy for Tennessee Valley Authority for 70 years. It was the site of the biggest industrial spill in U.S. history when a barrier ruptured in 2008 ...

The gargantuan coal burner, built during the early to mid-1970s, became the nation’s largest source of sulfur dioxide, which creates acid rain and lung-damaging soot.

All told, the 69 coal plants Trump exempted from the Mercury and Air Toxics Rule emitted 2,650 pounds of mercury into the atmosphere in 2023, the last year for which federal records are available.