according to the utility. Lyash has also drawn scrutiny from clean energy advocates. He helped lay plans to replace several of TVA's aging coal plants with another fossil fuel, natural gas.

Additionally, the utility has stressed that it doesn't receive federal taxpayer money and instead is funded by electricity customers. Trump also drove TVA to reverse course on the hiring of ...

Jeff Lyash’s departure as president and CEO of the federal utility follows a tenure with ups and downs in a seven-state service region growing in population. TVA has focused on nuclear energy with its ...