Coal-Burning Utilities Continue Compliance Planning for CCR, ELG Rules

SUGAR LAND--February 19, 2018--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Tennessee Valley Authority (NYSE:TVE) (TVA) (Knoxville, Tennessee) recently estimated it could cost $900 million over 24 years to comply with a federal court order to bring one of its coal-ash ponds into compliance with the federal coal combustion residuals (CCR) rule. Another compliance option for that site, moving the ash off the premises at the Gallatin Fossil Plant near Nashville, could cost even more, as much as $2 billion. TVA asked instead to allow it to cap the Gallatin's unlined ash ponds, which would cost about $200 million over a dozen years, according to an Associated Press report.

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