Christine Ho, christine.ho@sierraclub.org
Knoxville, TN - Donald Trump has fired three members of TVA’s Board of Directors, leaving the Board without enough members to make critical decisions for the federal utility’s 10 million customers.
At the start of 2025, the TVA Board had six members and three vacancies. In March, Donald Trump fired Michelle Moore, a long-time champion of renewable energy who had served on the Board since 2022. In April, Donald Trump fired TVA’s Board Chair Joe Ritch days after the Board appointed TVA’s new CEO. Most recently, Donald Trump fired Beth Geer. The Board currently only has three members left, and are unable to meet the required five-person quorum.
The TVA Board of Directors is responsible for establishing the strategic goals and visions for the largest federal utility in the nation, including its long-term energy plan, which was scheduled to be finalized in May 2025.
In response, Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter Conservation Chair JoAnn McIntosh issued the following statement:
“Firing yet another member of the TVA Board of Directors further hogties the under-quorum Board. At the Board’s quarterly meeting in May, the lack of quorum delayed the release of TVA’s new Integrated Resource Plan, and it will continue to impede TVA’s real-time response to the myriad energy policy changes currently proposed by the federal administration. Donald Trump must reinstate Michelle Moore, Joe Ritch, and Beth Geer immediately.”
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