To connect with the author of this story or to comment, email miss out! Subscribe to our newsletter and get our top stories every weekday morning. The TVA is currently seeking public input on three environmental reviews of several projects that it said would "support a cleaner energy future while maintaining affordability, reliability and resiliency." "At the time each of these decisions were made, we were assured the TVA had plenty of generating capacity to power the Tennessee Valley." "Over the last several years, the Tennessee Valley Authority has declined to pursue completing the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant and closed two coal-fired plants in North Alabama," Strong told 1819 News last December. Strong blamed the lack of adequate energy during the winter blackouts partly on the TVA's pursuit of so-called "green energy" and its failure to complete the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Jackson County. ![]() "As such, I respectfully request that you provide my office with details on the short-term steps TVA has taken to ensure that its grid remains fully operational and its customers experience no interruption in service." ![]() "I remain skeptical that the proposed solutions adequately address potential near-term resiliency insufficiencies of the power grid that services North Alabama," Strong wrote. The TVA claims it has addressed the issues with the grid since last winter, which it detailed in its "Winter Storm Elliott After Action Report." However, Strong said he's not convinced the problems have been completely resolved. The company had sales of 51, 171, 828 megawatt hours in 2021 sold to end users. ![]() "Given North Alabama's burgeoning economy and population growth, we must ensure that our infrastructure can meet the needs of existing and incoming government organizations, business entities, residents, and all those wishing to make North Alabama their home." Alabama Power averages 15.71 cents per kilowatt hour charged to their customers for residential electricity, which is 7.40 more than the average Alabama price of 14.63 cents and 5.88 above the national average of 14.84. "I remain concerned that, should a weather event occur that places temperatures outside the normal range, the people of North Alabama may find themselves again subject to these rolling blackouts," Strong wrote in his letter. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has warned the same thing could happen in north Alabama this summer as the region is at an "elevated" seasonal risk of power grid stress. This led to the TVA's first-ever institution of energy load reductions, or rolling blackouts. Strong sent a letter to TVA president and CEO Jeffrey Lyash expressing concern about the high risk of summer blackouts like the ones seen during Winter Storm Elliot last December when unusually low temperatures caused energy usage to skyrocket as families tried to stay warm indoors during Christmas. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) is helping Alabamians beat the heat this summer by ensuring the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is ready for the extra load on the power grid. Stork holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.Īlabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to 1.5 million customers across the state. She serves on the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee, Bishop State Community College's "Girls Learning About Manufacturing" advisory council, and the Mobile Air Service Task Force. She is past chairman of the Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council board of directors. Stork serves as vice chairman of the Mobile Area Education Foundation board of directors and on the executive committee of the Africatown Redevelopment Corporation. She went on to hold positions of increasing responsibility and leadership around the state, including area manager in Southeast Division, Operations manager in Southeast Division, Operations manager in Mobile Division, and Distribution Control Center (DCC) manager in Mobile Division. She began her Alabama Power career in 1995 as a distribution engineer in Mobile Division. Since 2014, Stork has served as area manager for the Mobile Division, where she helped manage the division's community development, economic development, workforce development and local external and governmental affairs efforts. The Western Division encompasses 14 counties and 78 municipalities, serving more than 230,000 Alabama Power customers. Alabama Power provides the valuable combination of competitive prices, reliable electricity supply and unparalleled service to 1.5 million homes, businesses and industries in the southern two. Stork will be responsible for Alabama Power's economic and community development initiatives, as well as external affairs activities for West Alabama. Alabama Power elects Jill Stork Western Division vice president
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