Utilities

President Donald Trump has nominated Lee Beaman, a Nashville auto executive, Republican mega-donor, and the subject of sexual misconduct allegations, to the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Beaman’s nomination comes as TVA faces a governance crisis, with six out of nine board seats currently vacant. The nomination must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate,...

DTE Energy employees directed the transfer of money from one dark money nonprofit to another tied to a Michigan official, recent criminal court filings show, contradicting years of the utility denying or downplaying its involvement in secretive political giving. The filings represent the most definitive evidence yet suggesting DTE employees have controlled the activities of...

After five years of aggressive legal maneuvering, Georgia Power has lost its battle to stop Nestlé Purina from choosing a different Georgia utility that could deliver better renewable energy options to its factory. In doing so, Georgia Power not only lost a major customer, it handed Walton EMC a victory that may open a new...

A Department of Energy memorandum identified significant logistical challenges facing the Trump administration’s last-minute order to prevent the closure of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued the order on May 23, just eight days before the plant was scheduled to shut down on May 31st. Wright’s order...