Solar Valley Coalition
The Solar Valley Coalition is a network of organizations and advocates with
the common purpose of encouraging TVA and the Valley to:
  •        Reduce energy demand through energy efficiency.
  •        Reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
  •        Set challenging renewable energy goals.
  •        Guarantee citizen involvement in development of goals, planning,  
           evaluation, and accountability.
TVA will chart its options for generating electricity and
managing natural resources for the next 20 years in a new
Integrated Resource Plan called TVA’s Environmental and
Energy Future.

The plan will outline various sources for producing
electricity, their costs and reliability and their potential
impacts on the environment. It also will review ways to
conserve and manage natural resources and consider
types of viable renewable generation that are available.

TVA will conduct meetings beginning in July to get public
input on TVA’s natural resource management activities
and input on power source options to ensure a reliable
supply of electricity for the future with minimal
environmental impacts. A schedule of Integrated Resource
Plan public meetings throughout the Tennessee Valley will
be available on the Web site, www.tva.gov/irp.

All meetings will be held from 4-8 p.m. local time. The
meeting schedule is:

   * Monday, July 20 — Ellington Agricultural Center, Ed Jones
Auditorium, 440 Hogan Road, Nashville, Tenn.
   * Tuesday, July 21 — University of Tennessee Chattanooga, University
Center, Chattanooga Room, 642A E. 5th St., Chattanooga, Tenn.
   * Thursday, July 23 — Pellissippi State University, College Center, 10915
Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, Tenn.
   * Tuesday, July 28 —Marriott at the Space Center, Salons A-C, 5
Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Ala.
   * Thursday, July 30 — James E. Bruce Convention Center, Ballrooms 1-
2, 303 Conference Center Drive, Hopkinsville, Ky.
   * Tuesday, Aug. 4 — Mississippi State University, Colvard Student
Union, Union Ballroom Section M, 310 E. Lee Blvd., Starkville, Miss.
   * Thursday Aug. 6 — Bridges Center, High Adventure Room, 477 N. 5th
St., Memphis, Tenn.

“These meetings and the resulting plan will help TVA
determine what is most important to Tennessee Valley
stakeholders and ratepayers in energy and environmental
matters,” said TVA Senior Vice President of the Office of
Environment and Research Anda Ray. “At the meetings,
the public will have an opportunity to review TVA’s
environmental guiding principals and to provide input on
power generating options for the future.”