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Gosh... perhaps I should not listen to what TVA says in its own publications.
Specifically, temperature variation in discharges ARE under NPEDS regulations. It does apply to all TVA Dams.
Again in TVA's own words...
"Reservoir releases improvements
Two conditions related to hydropower production can be harmful to fish and other forms of aquatic life: low concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the water released through the dam during generation, and dry riverbeds that result when hydro generation is shut off. Since the early 1990s, TVA has spent about $60 million to address these problems."
If TVA was omnipotent, they would not have spent the money. In fact, it was lobbying to the regulatory commissions that brought this about.
Again I quote TVA's own website: "All of TVA’s power generation facilities hold discharge permits" This does not say 'except for hydroelectric power".
Re: the Appalachian powerhouse and FERC. You are well aware that Appalachia powerhouse is grandfathered in. However.... should there be a need to alter that dam or build any new TVA dam... they will have to apply to FERC just like any other power company because thats what TVA is now. Just another power company.
And.. to put the matter to rest once and for all, here is a link to a FERC order TO TVA that dates back to 2005.
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2005/2005-3/08-03-05.asp
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to interconnect its power system with East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) and to provide EKPC with coordination services necessary to deliver energy to Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. in Bowling Green, KY."
FERC does not hold regulatory power over TVA in just Kentucky... its a nationwide authority. If FERC did not have authority over TVA, then the order would have been ignored. It was not and the connection was made.
The reason I am so familiar with these matters is that I was often called on by the State of Georgia to testify as an expert witness before the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives. The last major project I worked on was the proposed Flint River Dam in Georgia which was defeated.
I have worked on and off for the last 30 years with Trout Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy regarding charter and permit violations associated with TVA.
All the claims you state are easily refuted simply by going to the FERC and TVA websites and reading their material.
Saepae interrerunt alles, meditantes necem.
Regards.
John
Note.... using your link at FERC, I found that FERC first began regulatory oversite of TVA and ALL Federal power systems in 2002.
Where do I check to see which of the crafty things I like best?
JB
Specifically, temperature variation in discharges ARE under NPEDS regulations. It does apply to all TVA Dams.
Again in TVA's own words...
"Reservoir releases improvements
Two conditions related to hydropower production can be harmful to fish and other forms of aquatic life: low concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the water released through the dam during generation, and dry riverbeds that result when hydro generation is shut off. Since the early 1990s, TVA has spent about $60 million to address these problems."
If TVA was omnipotent, they would not have spent the money. In fact, it was lobbying to the regulatory commissions that brought this about.
Again I quote TVA's own website: "All of TVA’s power generation facilities hold discharge permits" This does not say 'except for hydroelectric power".
Re: the Appalachian powerhouse and FERC. You are well aware that Appalachia powerhouse is grandfathered in. However.... should there be a need to alter that dam or build any new TVA dam... they will have to apply to FERC just like any other power company because thats what TVA is now. Just another power company.
And.. to put the matter to rest once and for all, here is a link to a FERC order TO TVA that dates back to 2005.
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2005/2005-3/08-03-05.asp
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to interconnect its power system with East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) and to provide EKPC with coordination services necessary to deliver energy to Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. in Bowling Green, KY."
FERC does not hold regulatory power over TVA in just Kentucky... its a nationwide authority. If FERC did not have authority over TVA, then the order would have been ignored. It was not and the connection was made.
The reason I am so familiar with these matters is that I was often called on by the State of Georgia to testify as an expert witness before the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives. The last major project I worked on was the proposed Flint River Dam in Georgia which was defeated.
I have worked on and off for the last 30 years with Trout Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy regarding charter and permit violations associated with TVA.
All the claims you state are easily refuted simply by going to the FERC and TVA websites and reading their material.
Saepae interrerunt alles, meditantes necem.
Regards.
John
Note.... using your link at FERC, I found that FERC first began regulatory oversite of TVA and ALL Federal power systems in 2002.
Where do I check to see which of the crafty things I like best?
JB
