Black Bear Transmission LLC pipeline system, BBT AlaTenn LLC, is set to deliver natural gas supply to three new power plants in Colbert County, AL. The plants, owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), are expected to begin commercial operations later this year.

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“Natural gas power plants have a unique operating ability to quickly ramp up and down to complement the intermittent dispatch of renewable power sources while producing only half of the emissions of coal-fired power generation,” said Black Bear CEO Rene Casadaban. 

“We expect natural gas will be a critical component of U.S. energy security and power generation for many years to come.”

At a location where TVA retired a coal plant in 2016, the power plants are expected to add 750 MW of...