Kingston Fossil Plant News

Coal Ash Workers Dying as Lawsuit over Illnesses Drags on

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 2013, the first of more than 200 workers who labored to clean up the nation’s worst coal ash spill filed a suit against the contractor, blaming Jacobs Engineering for illnesses they believe were caused by …

Utility Will Pay Tennessee Coal Ash Victims $27.8M

The nation’s largest public utility has agreed to pay $27.8 million to settle claims from Tennessee property owners who suffered damages from a huge spill of toxin-laden coal ash sludge. The 2008 spill happened when a containment dike burst at …

Audit Finds TVA Was Overbilled for Ash Spill Cleanup Work

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s inspector general says a company overbilled the federal utility for work to clean up a 2008 ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant. The inspector general’s office audited costs billed to TVA by AMEC Environment and …