YESTERDAY……THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY HOSTED A DEDICATION CEREMONY IN DRAKESBORO TO CELEBRATE THE PARADISE COMBUSTION TURBINE
PLANT….WHERE COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF THE THREE….NEWLEY CONSTRUCTED UNITS BEGAN IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR…..
THE NEW UNITS ADD APPROXIMATELY 750 MEGA-WATTS OF NATURAL GAS GENERATION CAPACITY AND CAN POWER MORE THAN 400-THOUSAND HOMES…..
THE PROJECT ALSO HAD NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS…NO SERIOUS OSHA EVENTS….AND NO INJURIES RESULTING IN LOST TIME……