Tag: HYDROELECTRIC

TVA details plans for possible billion-dollar hydrofacility in Jackson County

The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering adding a pumped storage hydro (PSH) facility in Jackson County to increase its energy output. 

Residents near Chandler Mountain feel they’re ‘being held hostage by Alabama Power’

Not long after Alabama Power announced plans to build a new hydroelectric facility on Chandler Mountain, residents nearby became concerned. Fran Summerlin led the charge by creating Save Chandler Mountain, an organization with around 3,500 participants calling on the project to be stopped.