Cumberland Fossil Plant

Cumberland Fossil Plant

The Tennessee Valley Authority is facing a federal lawsuit over operations at its Cumberland Fossil Plant.

The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit (on behalf of nonprofits Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Sept. 10. The suit alleges TVA failed to take federally required steps to protect communities in Middle Tennessee from harmful air pollution caused by the utility provider’s Cumberland coal plant and its newly built Cumberland gas plant.