One day after TVA announced the hiring of its new CEO, the Trump administration fired the utility's board chair. The firing of Joe Ritch reduced the number of TVA board members to four.

Knoxville lawyer Jeff Hagood has been nominated to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors by President Donald ...

The Trump administration fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors, stripping the governing body of the nation's largest public power provider of its ability to conduct ...

Beth Geer has become the third Joe Biden appointee to be fired by President Donald Trump from the Tennessee Valley Authority ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A second Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors member has been fired at the direction of President Donald Trump. Board Chair Joe Ritch’s appointment came to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A second Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors member has been fired at the direction of President Donald Trump. Board Chair Joe Ritch’s appointment came to ...

TVA is funded through sales of electricity to 153 local power companies and around 60 large industrial customers. It also stewards 293,000 acres of federal land, prevents around $260 million in ...

Trump fires TVA chair, leaves utility without a quorum. By Francisco "A.J." Camacho | 04/02/2025 04:25 PM EDT . The president has dismissed two board members in a week, preventing it from making ...

The chair of the TVA board of directors has "transitioned off" the nine-member panel, a spokesperson said, leaving it without enough active members to meet.

Instead, Trump did something perfectly legal: He fired two board members, including TVA board chair Joe Ritch, leaving TVA without a quorum — effectively grounding any significant policy and ...

Trump fires TVA board chair, stripping power from governing body of largest US public utility. Daniel Dassow, Knoxville News Sentinel. Wed, April 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM UTC. 4 min read.