Tennessee lawmakers consider support for requiring TVA to hold open meetings
Tennessee state lawmakers are considering a resolution to express support for a bill in Congress that would require TVA's Board of Directors to hold open meetings. State Sen. Ken Yager of Kingston is asking for a Senate resolution to support a bill in Congress to require TVA to hold open meetings that the public can attend. State Sen. Ken Yager, R-Kingston, explained Senate Joint Resolution 192 in a Senate committee meeting this week, in which the resolution won unanimous approval. "We all know, Mr. Chairman, that the TVA is the steward of billions of dollars of ratepayers money," Yager told members of the Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee this week. [...]