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TVA CEO Tom Kilgore announces retirement

TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore said today he will retire by the end of the year. Kilgore, who announced his retirement at the TVA board meeting in Knoxville, said he will stay on the job until a...

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Tom Kilgore stepping down from TVA post

Using a football analogy, TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore told the agency's board members he was in the fourth quarter of his career and it was about time to call it a game.

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Who's on TVA's management bench?

TVA CEO Tom Kilgore announced Thursday that he will retire, and the agency's board will hire an executive search firm to find his successor. That firm will presumably consider outside candidates, but...

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Greg Johnson: TVA a model of failed progressivism

The Tennessee Valley Authority will have a new leader. President and CEO Tom Kilgore announced his retirement last week, giving hope for change at the New Deal relic. In our dreams.

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Editorial: TVA board needs members with corporate experience

The recent announced departure of Tom Kilgore as president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority highlights a problem with the agency's board of directors that needs to be...

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TVA hopes to narrow CEO list by October

The TVA board of directors is considering scores of possible candidates to succeed Tom Kilgore as CEO, and TVA Chairman Bill Sansom said he is hopeful a pick can be found by the end of the year.

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Obama nominates McWherter, three others to TVA board

President Obama has nominated Mike McWherter, the 2010 Democratic nominee for Tennessee governor, to fill one of five current vacancies on the TVA Board of Directors.

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Editorial: Senate shouldn't tarry on TVA board nominees

President Barack Obama has nominated four people to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors, but confirmation in the Senate could move at a glacial pace.

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Nominees named, but oversight remains unclear

The White House released its proposed slate of new TVA leaders in a long news release detailing dozens of federal appointees and nominees that attracted little attention.

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New CEO tapped for TVA

CHATTANOOGA - The Tennessee Valley Authority has tapped the former head of one of the South's biggest electric utilities to be the federal power provider's next chief executive.

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William D. Johnson, new CEO of TVA, no stranger to challenges

William D. Johnson, who faced no lack of challenges when he was head of Progress Energy Inc., said Monday that he looks forward to the test of running TVA when he becomes its new president and CEO in...

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TVA boosts bonuses to nearly 12,000 workers

RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Despite the federal pay freeze, the biggest federal employer in East Tennessee is boosting its year-end bonuses — which average $12,000 per employee — to nearly 12,000 workers next...

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TVA $60M in the black for 2012

TVA's balance sheet was dinged by mild winter weather, but the agency was able to stay in the black during its most recent fiscal year.

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Kim Greene leaves TVA to return to Southern

CHATTANOOGA - TVA Chief Generation Officer Kim Greene will return to the Southern Co. in April to one of the top executive posts with the Atlanta-based utility.

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TVA pays new CEO $5.9 million, nearly 50 percent more than predecessor

The Tennessee Valley Authority boosted the pay for its chief executive officer by nearly 50 percent during fiscal 2013 to a record $5.9 million.

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Editorial: Work remains five years after coal ash spill

Disaster struck with terrible swiftness five years ago today in the Swan Pond community of Roane County; recovery is being achieved at a much slower pace.

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