Despite opposition from U.S. President Donald Trump to closure of coal-fired power plants, the Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing to retire two coal plants by 2023, due to flat power demand challenging the coal plants’ profitability. According to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) assessment, reported by Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Oak Ridge and the Unit 3 generator at the Paradise Fossil Plant (PAF) in Kentucky should shut down. “Assets that have relatively high projected future maintenance costs and environmental compliance expenditures, a high forced outage rate and poor generation portfolio fit, have been the focus of more detailed study for potential retirement. PAF falls into this category of assets,” the TVA says in a document examining the potential retirement of the Paradise coal plant, as provided by Chattanooga Times. The TVA board is meeting on Thursday to discuss the fate of the two […]