A bill that would create a grant program designed to advance and attract nuclear energy developments in the Bluegrass State passed out of the Kentucky Senate’s Natural Resources & Energy committee Wednesday.

Congress should reform the Tennessee Valley Authority’s governance and energy planning as the federally-owned electric utility faces growing demands for power, a renewable energy organization says in a report released Thursday.

When you flip the switch, the lights come on. But in Illinois, after years of sweeping reforms to the energy industry and growing demand for electricity, that premise is coming into question.

After more than a decade of development, the world’s first commercial laser uranium enrichment facility is one step closer to becoming a reality in far western Kentucky.

A multibillion dollar federal contract was recently awarded to a group of companies for work on the Department of Energy sites at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, the Lexington field office and a former nuclear fuel enrichment plant in southern Ohio.

The nation’s largest public power provider will be just as reliant on fossil fuels in 2030 as it was in 2020, according to TVA’s modeling.

The Tennessee Valley Authority approved a 150-megawatt arrangement to power Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, during a meeting Thursday at Murray State University.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is a unique utility.  It’s one of the biggest in the nation, serving 10 million people, yet it’s also public. The utility is owned by the federal government and shaped by U.S. presidents — including, most recently, Joe Biden.

For the first time ever, TVA will be rewarding its leaders for adding renewables and batteries to the grid, according to a report filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

The coal-rich state wants to land the first new U.S. smelter in 45 years. But the deal won’t happen unless Kentucky can furnish lots of clean energy.