United States’ Biggest Public Utility Just Doubled Down on Coal, Gas, and Nuclear

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/tennessee-valley-authority-public-utility-coal-gas-nuclear-power/

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mrlockthorne@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 54d

somebody better tell Oklo then. they're spending almost 2B to build one in Oak Ridge lol. also, that 97% comes with a LOT of caveats. regardless, nuclear is such a great base load for the US, and we need to focus on grid supplementation to ease base load operations, anyway.