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Article: TVA officials defend purchase of higher-priced, low-sulfur coal.
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- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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Byline: Dave Flessner
Dec. 1--CULLMAN, Ala. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority will pay nearly twice as much as it did five years ago to stoke some of its power plants with low-sulfur coal.
But TVA officials said Tuesday they still believe they are pursuing the lowest cost approach to reducing pollution from its power plants to meet stricter clean air standards.
"Right now, we believe our strategy for low-sulfur coal at some facilities and controls at others represents the best value to TVA," said Jackie Preslar, general manager for fuel supplies at TVA. "But we are continually evaluating our approach because the market and the laws are ...