The nation’s largest public utility is reviving coal amid political pressure and the AI boom

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina.

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) quarterly meeting in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, opened with a triumphant video homage to its work during Winter Storm Fern. Energy had come through, yet again, to defeat extreme cold. The montage credited this to the utility’s “coal workhorses,” then noted that nuclear provided “uninterrupted power” and “hydro responded instantly.” The list ended there...