Public Power Review

Biden Admin v. TVA, and other public comments on TVA's Draft Resource Plan for 2025

Public comments on TVA's 2025 Draft Integrated Resource Plan have quietly been posted online. Here are some takeaways.

Jun 10 • 

Fred Stafford

May 2025

Quick update: all but one NYPA peaker in NYC runs more since Indian Point closed

Oops, when this post first went out, the Joseph J Seymour plant in the chart was mislabeled as Staten Island.

May 18 • 

Fred Stafford

Greens who fought Indian Point angry that NYPA peaker runs more since it closed

In my quick writeup of the New York Power Authority’s transition plan for its New York City peaker plants, I mentioned a juicy tidbit but didn’t provide…

May 15 • 

Fred Stafford

NYPA's Peaker Plants Aren't Going Anywhere Yet

The New York Power Authority has released its transition plan for its New York City-area peaker plants, as required by the law that sprang from Build…

May 14 • 

Fred Stafford

NEW: Won't Somebody Please Think of the Grid?

A new feature in Damage Magazine argues the tremendous achievement of the electrical grid and how the Left tends to undermine, not take on…

May 4 • 

Fred Stafford

January 2025

Stargate, TVA, and huge power demands for national priorities

The recently announced Stargate AI data center would demand a lot of power. How does that compare to how much power the Tennessee Valley Authority…

Jan 26 • 

Fred Stafford

December 2024

Public comment on NYPA's strategic plan for renewables

NYPA has done a fantastic job kickstarting renewables development. Taking over the Clean Path NY transmission project should be a new priority in its…

Dec 8, 2024 • 

Fred Stafford

September 2024

TVA's Gas Pains in Context

Does TVA truly have the largest gas buildout in the country? Yes, but only if you pretend the electric sector looks like it did half a century ago.

Sep 23, 2024 • 

Fred Stafford

NEW: The Case for Public Nuclear Power

New from me: The New Deal public power utility that keeps on trucking, TVA, is facing an atomic dilemma: how to pay for kicking the tires of nuclear…

Sep 13, 2024 • 

Fred Stafford

July 2024

Why TVA's Grid is Greener than Greens Grant

The Tennessee Valley Authority is "one of the dirtiest utilities" according to many environmental nonprofits and to their sympathetic journalists…

Jul 28, 2024 • 

Fred Stafford

Balancing Arguments About Electricity for States and Utilities

People like to talk about the generation resources and carbon emissions of states. But is that actually meaningful? For more useful analysis we should…

Jul 20, 2024 • 

Fred Stafford

May 2024

We're on "Odd Lots," and Some Greatest Hits

Fred Stafford and Matt Huber talk electric utilities, electricity restructuring, nuclear, and public power on the popular Bloomberg podcast.

May 31, 2024 • 

Fred Stafford