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Trump Fires Green TVA Board Member Without Publicly Providing a Reason

"Michelle Moore was widely seen as the most progressive member of the body, which oversees the nation’s largest public power company."

"In an August meeting of the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public power company, board member Michelle Moore reminded her colleagues of what’s written above the door of its headquarters.

“‘For the people’ … is written over TVA’s front door,” she said. “And in that spirit, I just encourage TVA to find right ways to share any proposed future rate adjustment proposals broadly, so that everyone has the opportunity to get informed, get engaged and bring their perspectives forward.”

In that meeting, Moore dissented on a vote over the company’s budget, which she said unwisely delegated decision-making authority on capital projects, including fossil fuel investments, away from the board.

Less than a year later, President Donald Trump fired Moore without publicly providing a reason, a decision revealed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission."

Lee Hedgepeth reports for Inside Climate News March 28, 2025.

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/31/2025